Forming questions

To ask a question in German, just swap the verb and the subject round, eg:

  • Du isst. – You eat/You are eating.
  • Isst du? – Do you eat?/Are you eating?
  • Sie fahren rechts. – They drive on the right.
  • Fahren sie rechts? – Do they drive on the right?
  • Deine Freunde kommen zur Party. – Your friends are coming to the party.
  • Kommen deine Freunde zur Party? – Are your friends coming to the party?

Question

Practise these strong verbs by translating these phrases:

  • she forgets (vergessen – to forget – goes like essen)
  • he travels (fahren)
  • you wear (singular, informal) – (tragen – to wear – like fahren)
  • I see (sehen)
  • he washes (waschen – to wash – like fahren)
  • Are you reading, granny? (lesen)

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