beibringen — German conjugation
to teach
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
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 | bringe bei | I teach |
| du | bringst bei | you teach |
| er/sie/es | bringt bei | he/she/it teaches |
| wir | bringen bei | we teach |
| ihr | bringt bei | you (pl.) teach |
| sie/Sie | bringen bei | they teach |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
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 | brachte bei | I taught |
| du | brachtest bei | you taught |
| er/sie/es | brachte bei | he/she/it taught |
| wir | brachten bei | we taught |
| ihr | brachtet bei | you (pl.) taught |
| sie/Sie | brachten bei | they taught |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
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 beigebracht | I have taught |
| du | hast beigebracht | you have taught |
| er/sie/es | hat beigebracht | he/she/it has taught |
| wir | haben beigebracht | we have taught |
| ihr | habt beigebracht | you (pl.) have taught |
| sie/Sie | haben beigebracht | they have taught |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
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 beigebracht | I had taught |
| du | hattest beigebracht | you had taught |
| er/sie/es | hatte beigebracht | he/she/it had taught |
| wir | hatten beigebracht | we had taught |
| ihr | hattet beigebracht | you (pl.) had taught |
| sie/Sie | hatten beigebracht | they had taught |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
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 beibringen | I will teach |
| du | wirst beibringen | you will teach |
| er/sie/es | wird beibringen | he/she/it will teach |
| wir | werden beibringen | we will teach |
| ihr | werdet beibringen | you (pl.) will teach |
| sie/Sie | werden beibringen | they will teach |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
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 beigebracht haben | I will have taught |
| du | wirst beigebracht haben | you will have taught |
| er/sie/es | wird beigebracht haben | he/she/it will have taught |
| wir | werden beigebracht haben | we will have taught |
| ihr | werdet beigebracht haben | you (pl.) will have taught |
| sie/Sie | werden beigebracht haben | they will have taught |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
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 | brächte bei |
| du | brächtest bei |
| er/sie/es | brächte bei |
| wir | brächten bei |
| ihr | brächtet bei |
| sie/Sie | brächten bei |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
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 | bringe bei |
| ihr | bringt bei |