Learn everything about the German Subjunctive /Conjunctive II: Form, function, examples, exercises In this first video: Learn how to build the German Subjunctive/ Conjunctive II in the present tense. Credits for the used pictures: Boys and girls dreaming and having wishes: thanks to , © cirodelia The Konjunktiv II ist not so easy. But with a lot of examples and step-by-step explanations, it will be clear! We use the Konjunktiv II: - wish, dream - polite request EXAMPLES Andreas lernt. Lernen macht keinen Spaß. Er wäre jetzt gern draußen! Fußball spielen wäre schön. Eis essen wäre auch super. TRANSLATION: Andreas is learning. Learning is no fun. He would like to be outside now. Playing football would be nice. Eating ice cream would bre great, too. How do you build the Konjunktiv II in the present tense? Ich wäre gern…. Ich hätte gern…. Ich würde… Take the form of the präteritum tense, ad the “Umlaut“. This is how to conjugate the conjunctive II: Ich wäre gern ein Zauberer du wärest er wäre wir wären ihr wäret sie wären A lot of forms are old-fashioned. You don’t use them any more. We use “würden“ Infinitiv instead. Do the exercises and try it on your own! Er würde jetzt gerne spielen. Ich würde jetzt gerneine Banane essen. Join my Facebook group to practice every day: Join me on google Let's tweet on Twitter: Learn with my eBooks! Buy eBooks for less than 3€ - and support me and my Channel :-)
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