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“To Be” can be used to describe the Present, Past, and Future time. How to use the verb to be. Use the verb to be in the present tense. Examples: I am a student. She is a student. You are a student. They are students. Use the verb to be in the past tense. Examples: I was a student in 1990. She was a student in 1990. You were a student in 1990. When you want to talk about the future, you use future tense verbs. This short video lesson covers the different types of future tense verbs. What is the fut.
Verbs Past, Present, and Future Tense. PowerPoint explains the past, present, and future tense of verbs. Also include words that can be verbs or nouns. Uses great graphics for visual learning. Includes questions and answers. Has 3 short stories to read and students must find the verbs in the story. And finally, we come to the (fairly small, panic ye not) group of A-stem verbs that have irregular conjugations in the past tense. They are regular in the present tense and the future tense, so please do not try and stick random endings on them! For the true irregular verbs that are irregular in most tenses, please see lesson 22. Future Tense Verbs Worksheets. Future Tense Verbs: One of Seven; Future Tense Verbs: Two of Seven; Working through the lesson and worksheets will enable you to develop both proper sentence structure and paragraph skills simultaneously. Remember that the noun or pronoun is the direct object that tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
Learning the Icelandic Verbs displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic verbs are words that convey action (bring, read, walk, run), or a state of being (exist, stand). In most languages a verb may agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object.
Grammar Tips:Icelandic verbs are strong or weak and have:
six tenses (present, preterite, perfect, pluperfect, future, future perfect)
three voices (active, middle, passive)
six moods (indicative, subjunctive, imperative, present participle, past participle, infinitive).
The basic form of the Icelandic verb is the infinitive. This is the form given in dictionaries. It almost always ends in an -a, and is commonly preceded by the small word að (to). Að hafa (to have), að gefa (to give).
Let's now conjugate a present verb in both indicative and subjunctive:
Indicative: Subjunctive:
Ég tek I take Ég taki
þú tekur you take þú takir
hann tekur he takes hann taki
við tökum we take við tökum
þið takið you take þið takið
þeir taka they take þeir taki
And now the past tense, using a different verb:
Indicative: Subjunctive:
Ég sagði I said Ég segði
þú sagðir you said þú segðir
hann sagði he said hann segði
við sögðum we said við segðum
þið sögðuð you said þið segðuð
þeir sögðu they said þeir segðu
Notes:
The subjunctive commonly has an -i- in its endings. It is used in dependent clauses.
First and second person plurals always have the same endings. (-um and -ð)
Strong verbs form the past by changing their root vowels. Compare ég tek (I take) with ég tók (I took).
Weak verbs add a special suffix to their stem, either a -t- or a -ð- (as in sag-ð-i above)
The future is either identical to the present or formed with the auxiliary verb munu. Ég mun fara (I will go), þú munt koma (you will come).
The future perfect is made with two auxiliary verbs. Ég mun hafa gert (I will have done). This is not common.
The past participle declines like a noun or adjectve. The masculine, feminine and neuter forms of the verbs gefa (give) and taka (take) are as follows:
Gefinn - gefin - gefið and tekinn - tekin - tekið.
The neuter form (gefið - tekið) along with the verb to have (hafa) is used to form the perfect and pluperfect tenses. Ex. Hann hefur tekið (he has taken), hún hafði farið (she had gone).
The present participle can easily be identified by its ending -andi. Gefandi (giving), takandi (taking). It does not decline.
The imperative has a singular and a plural form. The singular is most commonly formed by appending the pronoun þú (you) to the verb stem. The pronoun assimilates to make forms like farðu(go!) komdu (come!).
The plural imperative is identical to the present, e.g. takið (take!) komið (come!).
The passive is formed using the past participle and the verb 'to be' as an auxiliary.
Það var tekið (it was taken) bréfið er skrifað (the letter is written).
The middle voice can be recognized by its suffix -st. It is commonly used when the subject and the object are the same one. Við berjumst (we fight, i.e. we beat and are beaten). Ég klæðist (I put on clothes, i.e. I dress myself).
Here are some examples:
English Verbs | Icelandic Verbs |
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Verbs | Sagnir |
Past | þátíð |
I spoke | Ég ræddi |
I wrote | Ég skrifaði |
I drove | ég ók |
I loved | Ég elskaði |
I gave | Ég gaf |
I smiled | Ég brosti |
I took | Ég tók |
he spoke | hann talaði |
he wrote | Hann skrifaði |
he drove | hann ók |
he loved | hann elskaði |
he gave | Hann gaf |
he smiled | Hann brosti |
he took | Hann tók |
we spoke | við töluðum |
we wrote | við skrifuðum |
we drove | Við keyrðum |
we loved | við elskuðum |
we gave | við gáfum |
we smiled | við brostum |
we took | við tókum |
Future | framtíð |
I will speak | Ég mun tala |
I will write | Ég mun skrifa |
I will drive | ég mun aka |
I will love | Ég mun elska |
I will give | Ég mun gefa |
I will smile | Ég mun brosa |
I will take | ég mun taka |
he will speak | hann mun tala |
he will write | hann mun skrifa |
he will drive | hann mun aka |
he will love | hann mun elska |
he will give | hann mun gefa |
he will smile | hann mun brosa |
he will take | Hann mun taka |
we will speak | Við munum tala |
we will write | við munum skrifa |
we will drive | Við munum keyra |
we will love | Við munum elska |
we will give | Við munum gefa |
we will smile | við munum brosa |
we will take | við munum taka |
Present | nútíð |
I speak | Ég tala |
I write | Ég skrifa |
I drive | ég ek |
I love | Ég elska |
I give | Ég gef |
I smile | Ég brosi |
I take | Ég tek |
he speaks | Hann talar |
he writes | Hann skrifar |
he drives | hann ekur |
he loves | Hann elskar |
he gives | Hann gefur |
he smiles | Hann brosir |
he takes | Hann tekur |
we speak | við tölum |
we write | við skrifum |
we drive | við keyrum |
we love | við elskum |
we give | við gefum |
we smile | við brosum |
we take | við tökum |
Notice the structure of the Verbs in Icelandic.
Below is a list of the conjugated Verbs in the present past and future in Icelandic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
English Verbs | Icelandic Verbs |
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I can accept that | Ég get samþykkt að |
she added it | hún bætti við |
we admit it | við viðurkennum að |
they advised him | þeir ráðlögðu honum |
I can agree with that | ég get verið sammála því |
she allows it | hún leyfir það |
we announce it | við tilkynnum það |
I can apologize | ég get beðið afsökunar |
she appears today | hún virðist í dag |
they arranged that | þeir komu í kring |
I can arrive tomorrow | Ég get komið á morgun |
she can ask him | hún getur spurt hann |
she attaches that | hún telur að |
we attack them | við gerum árás á þá |
they avoid her | þeir forðast hana |
I can bake it | Ég get bakað það |
she is like him | Hún er eins og hann |
we beat it | við sláum það |
they became happy | þeir/þær/þau urðu hamingjusamir |
I can begin that | ég get byrjað á því |
we borrowed money | við fengum lánaðan pening |
they breathe air | þeir anda að sér lofti |
I can bring it | ég get komið með það |
I can build that | ég get byggt það |
she buys food | hún kaupir mat |
we calculate it | við reiknum það út |
they carry it | þeir bera það |
they don't cheat | þeir svindla ekki |
she chooses him | hún kýs hann |
we close it | við lokum því |
he comes here | hann kemur hingað |
I can compare that | ég get borið það saman |
she competes with me | hún keppir við mig |
we complain about it | við kvörtum yfir því |
they continued reading | þeir héldu áfram að lesa |
he cried about that | hann grét vegna þess |
I can decide now | Ég get ákveðið núna |
she described it to me | hún lýsti því fyrir mér |
we disagree about it | við erum ósammála um það |
they disappeared quickly | þeir hurfu hratt |
I discovered that | Ég uppgötvaði að |
she dislikes that | henni mislíkar það |
we do it | við gerum það |
they dream about it | þá dreymir um það |
I earned | ég þénaði |
he eats a lot | hann etur mikið |
we enjoyed that | við nutum þess |
they entered here | þeir komu inn hérna |
he escaped that | hann slapp frá þessu |
I can explain that | Ég get útskýrt það |
she feels that too | henni finnst það líka |
we fled from there | við flúðum héðan |
they will fly tomorrow | þeir munu fljúga á morgun |
I can follow you | ég get elt þig |
she forgot me | hún gleymdi mér |
we forgive him | við fyrirgáfum honum |
I can give her that | ég get gefið henni það |
she goes there | hún fer þangað |
we greeted them | við heilsuðum þeim |
I hate that | ég hata það |
I can hear it | ég get heyrt í því |
she imagine that | hún ímyndar sér það |
we invited them | við buðum þeim |
I know him | Ég þekki hann |
she learned it | hún lærði það |
we leave now | við förum núna |
they lied about him | þeir/þær/þau lugu um hann |
I can listen to that | Ég get hlustað á það |
she lost that | hún missti það |
we made it yesterday | Við gerðum það í gær |
they met him | þau kynntust honum |
I misspell that | ég stafa þetta vitlaust |
I always pray | ég bið alltaf |
she prefers that | hún kýs frekar |
we protected them | við vernduðum þá |
they will punish her | Þeir munu refsa henni |
I can put it there | Ég get sett það þar |
she will read it | Hún mun lesa það |
we received that | við fengum þetta |
they refuse to talk | þeir neita að tala |
I remember that | Ég man að |
she repeats that | Hún endurtekur að |
we see it | við sjáum það |
they sell it | þeir selja það |
I sent that yesterday | ég sendi þetta í gær |
he shaved his beard | hann rakaði af sér skeggið |
it shrunk quickly | það minnkað hratt |
we will sing it | Við munum syngja það |
they sat there | þeir sátu þarna |
I can speak it | Ég get talað það |
she spends money | hún eyðir peningum |
we suffered from that | við þjáðumst af þessu |
they suggest that | þeir stinga upp á þessu |
I surprised him | ég kom honum á óvart |
she took that | hún tók þetta |
we teach it | Við kennum það |
they told us | þeir sögðu okkur |
she thanked him | Hún þakkaði honum |
I can think about it | ég get hugsað um það |
she threw it | hún kastaði því |
we understand that | við skiljum það |
they want that | þeir vilja það |
I can wear it | ég get gengið í því |
she writes that | hún skrifaði það |
we talk about it | Við tölum um það |
they have it | þeir hafa það |
I watched it | Ég horfði á það |
I will talk about it | Ég mun tala um það |
he bought that yesterday | hann keypti þetta í gær |
we finished it | við lukum við það |
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