Before you start
Meet gießen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Forms
How gießen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gieße | goss |
| du | gießt | gossest |
| er/sie/es | gießt | goss |
| wir | gießen | gossen |
| ihr | gießt | gosst |
| Sie | gießen | gossen |
Partizip II gegossen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich gieße jeden Morgen die Blumen.I water the flowers every morning.water plants
- 2Sie hat Wasser ins Glas gegossen.She poured water into the glass.Perfekt with haben
- 3Er wartet, bis ich Tee in die Tasse gieße.He waits until I pour tea into the cup.verb at the end
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gießen + die Blumen
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use die Blumen as the direct object.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I watered them yesterdaygestern.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the teader Tee was coldkalt, she poured it into a cupdie Tasse.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He waters the plantsdie Pflanze, die Pflanzen because they are drytrocken.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The womandie Frau who waters our flowersdie Blume, die Blumen is my neighborder Nachbar, die Nachbarin.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Can you pour water into my glassdas Glas?
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She forgot to water them.
Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would you pour the soupdie Suppe into this bowldie Schüssel?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
gießen + der Nachbar + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Use the present tense.
- 3Water the flowers despite the rain.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What do you water at home?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence about what you water at home.
- 2Use the present tense of gießen.