schanghaien — German conjugation
to shanghai (someone)
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 | schanghaie | I shanghai |
| du | schanghaist | you shanghai |
| er/sie/es | schanghait | he/she/it shanghais |
| wir | schanghaien | we shanghai |
| ihr | schanghait | you (pl.) shanghai |
| sie/Sie | schanghaien | they shanghai |
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 | schanghaite | I shanghaied |
| du | schanghaitest | you shanghaied |
| er/sie/es | schanghaite | he/she/it shanghaied |
| wir | schanghaiten | we shanghaied |
| ihr | schanghaitet | you (pl.) shanghaied |
| sie/Sie | schanghaiten | they shanghaied |
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 schanghait | I have shanghaied |
| du | hast schanghait | you have shanghaied |
| er/sie/es | hat schanghait | he/she/it has shanghaied |
| wir | haben schanghait | we have shanghaied |
| ihr | habt schanghait | you (pl.) have shanghaied |
| sie/Sie | haben schanghait | they have shanghaied |
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 schanghait | I had shanghaied |
| du | hattest schanghait | you had shanghaied |
| er/sie/es | hatte schanghait | he/she/it had shanghaied |
| wir | hatten schanghait | we had shanghaied |
| ihr | hattet schanghait | you (pl.) had shanghaied |
| sie/Sie | hatten schanghait | they had shanghaied |
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 schanghaien | I will shanghai |
| du | wirst schanghaien | you will shanghai |
| er/sie/es | wird schanghaien | he/she/it will shanghai |
| wir | werden schanghaien | we will shanghai |
| ihr | werdet schanghaien | you (pl.) will shanghai |
| sie/Sie | werden schanghaien | they will shanghai |
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 schanghait haben | I will have shanghaied |
| du | wirst schanghait haben | you will have shanghaied |
| er/sie/es | wird schanghait haben | he/she/it will have shanghaied |
| wir | werden schanghait haben | we will have shanghaied |
| ihr | werdet schanghait haben | you (pl.) will have shanghaied |
| sie/Sie | werden schanghait haben | they will have shanghaied |
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 | schanghaite |
| du | schanghaitest |
| er/sie/es | schanghaite |
| wir | schanghaiten |
| ihr | schanghaitet |
| sie/Sie | schanghaiten |
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 | schanghaie |
| ihr | schanghait |