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GERN_V 304 203 2024W2 Übung 12.2

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TEXT 45 about Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm deals with past events as the Einstein text did in Exploration 11. Thus, this text also contains simple past forms. Read the text again and find all verbs in the simple past tense according to their infinitives, and indicate the type of the verb. Infinitive form: sein; Simple past form as in the text: waren Type of the verb: strong verb Infinitive form: widmen; Simple past form as in the text: widmete Type of the verb: weak verb Infinitive form: folgen; Simple past form as in the text: folgte Type of the verb: weak verb Infinitive form: veröffentlichen; Simple past form as in the text: veröffentlichte Type of the verb: weak verb

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In this task you’re asked to identify the simple past forms in the provided list and state the corresponding verb type. Option 1: 'waren' with infinitive 'sein' and type 'strong verb'. The verb 'sein' is highly irregular in German and forms its simple past as 'war' or 'waren' depending on number; this classifies it as a strong (irregular) verb, so the pairing 'sein' → 'waren' as strong verb is consistent with standard German conjugation rules. Option 2: 'strong verb' for the sam......Login to view full explanation

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