anfasen — German conjugation
to face
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Regular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | fase an | I face |
| du | fast an | you face |
| er/sie/es | fast an | he/she/it faces |
| wir | fasen an | we face |
| ihr | fast an | you (pl.) face |
| sie/Sie | fasen an | they face |
Simple past (Präteritum) Regular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | faste an | I faced |
| du | fastest an | you faced |
| er/sie/es | faste an | he/she/it faced |
| wir | fasten an | we faced |
| ihr | fastet an | you (pl.) faced |
| sie/Sie | fasten an | they faced |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe angefast | I have faced |
| du | hast angefast | you have faced |
| er/sie/es | hat angefast | he/she/it has faced |
| wir | haben angefast | we have faced |
| ihr | habt angefast | you (pl.) have faced |
| sie/Sie | haben angefast | they have faced |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte angefast | I had faced |
| du | hattest angefast | you had faced |
| er/sie/es | hatte angefast | he/she/it had faced |
| wir | hatten angefast | we had faced |
| ihr | hattet angefast | you (pl.) had faced |
| sie/Sie | hatten angefast | they had faced |
Future I (Futur I) Regular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde anfasen | I will face |
| du | wirst anfasen | you will face |
| er/sie/es | wird anfasen | he/she/it will face |
| wir | werden anfasen | we will face |
| ihr | werdet anfasen | you (pl.) will face |
| sie/Sie | werden anfasen | they will face |
Future II (Futur II) Regular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde angefast haben | I will have faced |
| du | wirst angefast haben | you will have faced |
| er/sie/es | wird angefast haben | he/she/it will have faced |
| wir | werden angefast haben | we will have faced |
| ihr | werdet angefast haben | you (pl.) will have faced |
| sie/Sie | werden angefast haben | they will have faced |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | faste an |
| du | fastest an |
| er/sie/es | faste an |
| wir | fasten an |
| ihr | fastet an |
| sie/Sie | fasten an |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Regular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | fase an |
| ihr | fast an |