mitreisen — German conjugation
to travel along
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 | reise mit | I travel along |
| du | reist mit | you travel along |
| er/sie/es | reist mit | he/she/it travels along |
| wir | reisen mit | we travel along |
| ihr | reist mit | you (pl.) travel along |
| sie/Sie | reisen mit | they travel along |
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 | reiste mit | I travelled along |
| du | reistest mit | you travelled along |
| er/sie/es | reiste mit | he/she/it travelled along |
| wir | reisten mit | we travelled along |
| ihr | reistet mit | you (pl.) travelled along |
| sie/Sie | reisten mit | they travelled along |
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 | bin mitgereist | I have travelled along |
| du | bist mitgereist | you have travelled along |
| er/sie/es | ist mitgereist | he/she/it has travelled along |
| wir | sind mitgereist | we have travelled along |
| ihr | seid mitgereist | you (pl.) have travelled along |
| sie/Sie | sind mitgereist | they have travelled along |
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 | war mitgereist | I had travelled along |
| du | warst mitgereist | you had travelled along |
| er/sie/es | war mitgereist | he/she/it had travelled along |
| wir | waren mitgereist | we had travelled along |
| ihr | wart mitgereist | you (pl.) had travelled along |
| sie/Sie | waren mitgereist | they had travelled along |
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 mitreisen | I will travel along |
| du | wirst mitreisen | you will travel along |
| er/sie/es | wird mitreisen | he/she/it will travel along |
| wir | werden mitreisen | we will travel along |
| ihr | werdet mitreisen | you (pl.) will travel along |
| sie/Sie | werden mitreisen | they will travel along |
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 mitgereist sein | I will have travelled along |
| du | wirst mitgereist sein | you will have travelled along |
| er/sie/es | wird mitgereist sein | he/she/it will have travelled along |
| wir | werden mitgereist sein | we will have travelled along |
| ihr | werdet mitgereist sein | you (pl.) will have travelled along |
| sie/Sie | werden mitgereist sein | they will have travelled along |
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 | reiste mit |
| du | reistest mit |
| er/sie/es | reiste mit |
| wir | reisten mit |
| ihr | reistet mit |
| sie/Sie | reisten mit |
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 | reise mit |
| ihr | reist mit |