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Objective

• Students will be able to identify verbs that have a stem vowel change in the du and er,sie,es forms.

Order of Events

1. Review col 3 vocab2. Check HW3. Introduce stem vowel changing verbs Pg.

242-2434. Worksheet on stem vowel changing verbs

Stem vowel changing verbs

• A number of verbs in German do not follow the regular pattern of conjugation, but undergo a change in the du and er,sie,es forms. These are called stem vowel changing verbs. One set of verbs changes from a to ä and the other from e to I (or ie).

Stem vowel changing verbs

Here are a list of the stem vowel verbs we will learn in German 1.

• fahren• gefallen• essen• geben• lesen• sehen• sprechen

Stem vowel changing verbs

• fahren – to drive/ride

ich fahre

du fährster,sie,es fährt

wir fahren

ihr fahrt

Sie,sie fahren

Stem vowel changing verbs

• gefallen – to like

ich gefalledu gefällster,sie,es gefälltwir gefallenihr gefalltSie,sie gefallen

Stem vowel changing verbs

• essen = to eat

ich essedu isster,sie,es isstwir essenihr esstSie,sie essen

Stem vowel changing verbs

• geben = to give

ich gebedu gibster,sie,es gibtwir gebenihr gebtSie,sie geben

Stem vowel changing verbs

• lesen = to read

ich lesedu liester,sie,es liestwir lesenihr lestSie,sie lesen

Stem vowel changing verbs

• sehen = to see

ich sehedu siehster,sie,es siehtwir sehenihr sehtSie,sie sehen

Stem vowel changing verbs

• sprechen = to speak

ich sprechedu sprichster,sie,es sprichtwir sprechenihr sprechtSie,sie sprechen