Present Tense Conjugation – Basics

“sagen” is the German verb for “to say”. To conjugate it, we first need the stem, so we can add the endings.

Well done. Now you can add the endings and conjugate “sagen” (to say).

And now let’s conjugate the German word for to live – leben.

And one last one time with the verb “lernen” (to learn) – this time, with an extra challenge so you don’t get bored.

And now let’s use make a sentence. What’s the following in German:
“Emanuel lives in Berlin.“

And last but not least a little dialogue. What’s the proper translation for the following:

“What are you doing?” (German uses machen)
“I’m learning German.”
“Why do you learn German?”
“Because I love the language”

You’ll see a few weird things about word order but just focus on the verb endings for now.