pokulieren — German conjugation
to polemicise
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 | pokuliere | I polemicize |
| du | pokulierst | you polemicize |
| er/sie/es | pokuliert | he/she/it polemicizes |
| wir | pokulieren | we polemicize |
| ihr | pokuliert | you (pl.) polemicize |
| sie/Sie | pokulieren | they polemicize |
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 | pokulierte | I polemicized |
| du | pokuliertest | you polemicized |
| er/sie/es | pokulierte | he/she/it polemicized |
| wir | pokulierten | we polemicized |
| ihr | pokuliertet | you (pl.) polemicized |
| sie/Sie | pokulierten | they polemicized |
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 pokuliert | I have polemicized |
| du | hast pokuliert | you have polemicized |
| er/sie/es | hat pokuliert | he/she/it has polemicized |
| wir | haben pokuliert | we have polemicized |
| ihr | habt pokuliert | you (pl.) have polemicized |
| sie/Sie | haben pokuliert | they have polemicized |
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 pokuliert | I had polemicized |
| du | hattest pokuliert | you had polemicized |
| er/sie/es | hatte pokuliert | he/she/it had polemicized |
| wir | hatten pokuliert | we had polemicized |
| ihr | hattet pokuliert | you (pl.) had polemicized |
| sie/Sie | hatten pokuliert | they had polemicized |
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 pokulieren | I will polemicize |
| du | wirst pokulieren | you will polemicize |
| er/sie/es | wird pokulieren | he/she/it will polemicize |
| wir | werden pokulieren | we will polemicize |
| ihr | werdet pokulieren | you (pl.) will polemicize |
| sie/Sie | werden pokulieren | they will polemicize |
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 pokuliert haben | I will have polemicized |
| du | wirst pokuliert haben | you will have polemicized |
| er/sie/es | wird pokuliert haben | he/she/it will have polemicized |
| wir | werden pokuliert haben | we will have polemicized |
| ihr | werdet pokuliert haben | you (pl.) will have polemicized |
| sie/Sie | werden pokuliert haben | they will have polemicized |
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 | pokulierte |
| du | pokuliertest |
| er/sie/es | pokulierte |
| wir | pokulierten |
| ihr | pokuliertet |
| sie/Sie | pokulierten |
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 | pokuliere |
| ihr | pokuliert |