{"id":1641,"date":"2011-01-02T20:22:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T19:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2013-03-28T22:06:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T21:06:35","slug":"the-german-verb-sagen-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1641\/the-german-verb-sagen-to-say","title":{"rendered":"The German verb sagen &#8211; to say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sagen.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sagen\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sagen.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sagen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">The verb sagen &#8211; to say<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>weak verb, formed with haben<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Below are the verb tables detailing how the German verb <strong>sagen<\/strong> is formed depending on the tense of the sentence. Knowing the different forms of <strong>sagen<\/strong> through the tenses will allow you to construct sentences much easier.<\/p>\n<table class=\"prep\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"614\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/880\/how-german-verbs-work-in-the-present-tense-part-1\"><strong>Present Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1126\/german-future-tense-and-how-to-use-it\"><strong>Future Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1160\/german-conditional-tense-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it\"><strong>Conditional Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ich<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sage<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werde sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrde sagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagst<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">wirst sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrdest sagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">wird sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrde sagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>wir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werden sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrden sagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ihr<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werdet sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrdet sagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>sie\/Sie<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werden sagen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrden sagen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"prep\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"614\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1011\/past-tense-german-how-to-talk-about-the-past-in-german\"<strong>Perfect Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1028\/past-tense-german-the-imperfect-tense\"><strong>Imperfect Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1207\/german-past-tense-%E2%80%93-the-pluperfect-tense\"><strong>Pluperfect <\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ich<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">habe gesagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagte<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatte gesagt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hast gesagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagtest<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hattest gesagt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hat gesagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagte<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatte gesagt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>wir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">haben gesagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagten<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatten gesagt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ihr<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">habt gesagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagtet<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hattet gesagt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>sie\/Sie<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">haben gesagt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">sagten<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatten gesagt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Imperative:<\/strong> sag(e)!\/sagen wir!\/sagt!\/sagen Sie!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Participle:<\/strong> gesagt<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">Example Sentences:<\/h3>\n<p>Ich sagte ja. &#8211; I said yes.<br \/>\nWir haben ihm das schon sehr oft gesagt. &#8211; We have said that to him so often already.<br \/>\nTom wird mir das morgen sagen. &#8211; Tom will tell me that tomorrow.<br \/>\nW\u00fcrden Sie mir bitte sagen, wieviel Uhr es ist? &#8211; Can you tell me what time it is please?<br \/>\nHattest du ihr gesagt, dass du sie nie wieder sehen willst? &#8211; Haven&#8217;t you said to her, that you never want to see her again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The verb sagen &#8211; to say weak verb, formed with haben Below are the verb tables detailing how the German verb sagen is formed depending on the tense of the sentence. Knowing the different forms of sagen through the tenses will allow you to construct sentences much easier. Present Tense Future Tense Conditional Tense ich [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9928,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions\/9928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}