{"id":2556,"date":"2019-04-09T12:18:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2025-09-15T04:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:00:12","slug":"tenses-english-vs-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=2556","title":{"rendered":"Tenses – English vs. German"},"content":{"rendered":"

English<\/h2>\n

Overview<\/h3>\n
\r\n         Past                      Present                      Future\r\n           |                          |                            |\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->\r\n           o                          o                            o\r\n      Past Simple              Present Simple                Future Simple\r\n\r\n        ---|-->                    ---|-->                      ---|-->\r\n   Past Progressive          Present Progressive          Future Progressive\r\n\r\n    <  o  >|                   <  o  >|                     <  o  >|\r\n  Past Perfect Simple       Present Perfect Simple       Future Perfect Simple\r\n\r\n     ----->|                    ----->|                      ----->|\r\nPast Perfect Progressive  Present Perfect Progressive  Future Perfect Progressive\r\n<\/pre>\n
Example<\/h3>\n
Verb
\n– Present: eat
\n– Past: ate
\n– Past participle: eaten<\/p>\n
Past<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tense<\/th>\nActive<\/th>\nPassive<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Past Simple<\/td>\nHe ate my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza was eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past Progressive<\/td>\nHe was eating my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza was being eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past Perfect Simple<\/td>\nHe has eaten my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza had been eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past Perfect Progressive<\/td>\nHe had been eating my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza had been being eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tense<\/th>\nActive<\/th>\nPassive<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Present Simple<\/td>\nHe eats my pizza<\/td>\nMy pizza is eaten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Present Progressive<\/td>\nHe is eating my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza is being eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Present Perfect Simple<\/td>\nHe has eaten my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza has been eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Present Perfect Progressive<\/td>\nHe has been eating my pizza.<\/td>\nMy pizza has been being eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Future<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tense<\/th>\nActive<\/th>\nPassive<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Future Simple<\/td>\nHe will eat my pizza.
He is going to eat my pizza.<\/td>\n		My pizza will be eaten.
My pizza is going to be eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Future Progressive<\/td>\nHe will be eating my pizza.
He is going to be eating my pizza.<\/td>\n		My pizza will be being eaten.
My pizza is going to be being eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Future Perfect Simple<\/td>\nHe will have eaten my pizza.
He is going to have eaten my pizza.<\/td>\n		My pizza will have been eaten.
My pizza is going to have been eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Future Perfect Progressive<\/td>\nHe will have been eating my pizza.
He is going to have been eating my pizza.<\/td>\n		My pizza will have been being eaten.
My pizza is going to have been being eaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\n
German<\/h2>\n
Overview<\/h3>\n
\r\n     Vergangenheit                Gegenwart                     Zukunft\r\n           |                          |                            |\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->\r\n           o                          o                            o\r\n       Pr\u00e4teritum                  Pr\u00e4sens                      Futur I\r\n\r\n    <  o  >|                   <  o  >|                     <  o  >|\r\n    Plusquamperfekt                Perfekt                      Futur II\r\n<\/pre>\n
Example<\/h3>\n
Verb (dritte Person Singular)
\n– Pr\u00e4sens: isst
\n– Pr\u00e4teritum: a\u00df
\n– Partizip perfekt: gegessen<\/p>\n
Vergangenheit<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Zeitform<\/th>\nAktiv<\/th>\nPassiv<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Pr\u00e4teritum<\/td>\nEr a\u00df meine Pizza.<\/td>\nMeine Pizza wurde gegessen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plusquamperfekt<\/td>\nEr hatte meine Pizza gegessen.<\/td>\nMeine Pizza war gegessen worden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Gegenwart<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Zeitform<\/th>\nAktiv<\/th>\nPassiv<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Pr\u00e4sens<\/td>\nEr isst meine Pizza.<\/td>\nMeine Pizza wird gegessen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perfekt<\/td>\nEr hat meine Pizza gegessen.<\/td>\nMeine Pizza ist gegessen worden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Zukunft<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Zeitform<\/th>\nAktiv<\/th>\nPassiv<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Futur I<\/td>\nEr wird meine Pizza essen.<\/td>\nMeine Pizza wird gegessen werden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Futur II<\/td>\nEr wird meine Pizza gegessen haben.<\/td>\nMeine Pizza wird gegessen worden sein.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\n
Summary<\/h2>\n
In the German language are fewer tenses than in the English language. (No progressive tenses.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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