{"id":1646,"date":"2011-01-16T20:32:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T19:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2013-03-28T22:08:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T21:08:33","slug":"the-german-verb-lesen-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1646\/the-german-verb-lesen-to-read","title":{"rendered":"The German verb lesen &#8211; to read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lesen.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lesen\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lesen.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lesen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">The verb lesen &#8211; to read<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>strong verb, formed with haben<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Below are the verb tables detailing how the German verb <strong>lesen<\/strong> is formed depending on the tense of the sentence. Knowing the different forms of <strong>lesen<\/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\">lese<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werde lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrde lesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">liest<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">wirst lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrdest lesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">liest<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">wird lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrde lesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>wir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werden lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrden lesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ihr<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">lest<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werdet lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrdet lesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>sie\/Sie<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werden lesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrden lesen<\/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 gelesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">las<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatte gelesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hast gelesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">lasest<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hattest gelesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hat gelesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">las<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatte gelesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>wir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">haben gelesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">lasen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatten gelesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ihr<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">habt gelesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">last<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hattet gelesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>sie\/Sie<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">haben gelesen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">lasen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatten gelesen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Imperative:<\/strong> Lies!\/lesen wir!\/lest!\/lesen Sie!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Participle:<\/strong> gelesen<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">Example Sentences:<\/h3>\n<p>Ich habe das Buch gelesen. &#8211; I have read the book.<br \/>\nMartin las fr\u00fcher gerne B\u00fccher. &#8211; Martin used to like reading books.<br \/>\nLesen Sie jeden Tag die Zeitung? &#8211; Do you read the newspaper every day?<br \/>\nW\u00fcrdest du gerne mein neues Buch lesen? &#8211; Would you like to read my new book?<br \/>\nWerdet ihr das neue Harry Potter Buch lesen? &#8211; Will you read the new Harry Potter book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The verb lesen &#8211; to read strong verb, formed with haben Below are the verb tables detailing how the German verb lesen is formed depending on the tense of the sentence. Knowing the different forms of lesen 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\/1646"}],"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=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9931,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions\/9931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}