Present simpleGegenwart
| I | tell |
|---|---|
| you | tell |
| he/she/it | tells |
| we | tell |
| you | tell |
| they | tell |
Mehr dazu: Simple Present
Konjugation von tell
- Bedeutung erzählen, sagen
- Stufe A1
- Muster unregelmäßig
Was an diesem Verb besonders ist
- Die drei Stammformen zum Lernen: tell – told – told. → Unregelmäßige Verben
Fett und unterstrichen: die Endung. ◆ markiert eine Form, die von der Regel abweicht.
Indikativ
Past simpleabgeschlossene Vergangenheit
| I | told |
|---|---|
| you | told |
| he/she/it | told |
| we | told |
| you | told |
| they | told |
Mehr dazu: Simple Past
Present perfectPerfekt
| I | have told |
|---|---|
| you | have told |
| he/she/it | has told |
| we | have told |
| you | have told |
| they | have told |
Mehr dazu: Present Perfect
Past perfectPlusquamperfekt
| I | had told |
|---|---|
| you | had told |
| he/she/it | had told |
| we | had told |
| you | had told |
| they | had told |
Mehr dazu: Past Perfect
Future (will)Zukunft
| I | will tell |
|---|---|
| you | will tell |
| he/she/it | will tell |
| we | will tell |
| you | will tell |
| they | will tell |
Mehr dazu: will
Future perfectvollendete Zukunft
| I | will have told |
|---|---|
| you | will have told |
| he/she/it | will have told |
| we | will have told |
| you | will have told |
| they | will have told |
Mehr dazu: Future Perfect
Konditional
Conditional (would)Konditional
| I | would tell |
|---|---|
| you | would tell |
| he/she/it | would tell |
| we | would tell |
| you | would tell |
| they | would tell |
Mehr dazu: if-Satz Typ 2
Conditional perfectKonditional der Vergangenheit
| I | would have told |
|---|---|
| you | would have told |
| he/she/it | would have told |
| we | would have told |
| you | would have told |
| they | would have told |
Mehr dazu: if-Satz Typ 3
Verlaufsformen
Present progressiveVerlaufsform der Gegenwart
| I | am telling |
|---|---|
| you | are telling |
| he/she/it | is telling |
| we | are telling |
| you | are telling |
| they | are telling |
Mehr dazu: Present Progressive
Past progressiveVerlaufsform der Vergangenheit
| I | was telling |
|---|---|
| you | were telling |
| he/she/it | was telling |
| we | were telling |
| you | were telling |
| they | were telling |
Mehr dazu: Past Progressive
Present perfect progressiveVerlaufsform des Perfekts
| I | have been telling |
|---|---|
| you | have been telling |
| he/she/it | has been telling |
| we | have been telling |
| you | have been telling |
| they | have been telling |
Mehr dazu: Present Perfect Progressive
Past perfect progressiveVerlaufsform des Plusquamperfekts
| I | had been telling |
|---|---|
| you | had been telling |
| he/she/it | had been telling |
| we | had been telling |
| you | had been telling |
| they | had been telling |
Mehr dazu: Past Perfect Progressive
Future progressiveVerlaufsform der Zukunft
| I | will be telling |
|---|---|
| you | will be telling |
| he/she/it | will be telling |
| we | will be telling |
| you | will be telling |
| they | will be telling |
Mehr dazu: Future Progressive
Imperativ
ImperativeBefehlsform, bejaht
| you | tell |
|---|---|
| we | let's tell |
Mehr dazu: Der Imperativ
Infinite Formen
Infinitive and participlesGrundform, Gerundium, Partizip
| infinitive | tell |
|---|---|
| to-infinitive | to tell |
| -ing form | telling |
| past participle | told |
Mehr dazu: Unregelmäßige Verben · Verben mit -ing
Beispielsätze aus dem Kurs
Jeder Satz stammt aus den Wortlisten oder Grammatikthemen dieses Kurses. Die Form des Verbs ist markiert; darunter steht, welche Zeit und Person sie ist.
I told her the news.Ich habe ihr die Nachricht erzählt.
told — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
A bearing that runs hot is telling you something.Ein Lager, das heiß läuft, sagt einem etwas.
telling — -ing form
He was told off for shouting.Er wurde wegen des Schreiens zurechtgewiesen.
told — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
She told the same story twice.Sie erzählte dieselbe Geschichte zweimal.
told — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
It seems that nobody told them.Anscheinend hat es ihnen niemand gesagt.
told — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
It is told in the first person throughout.Es ist durchgehend in der Ich-Form erzählt.
told — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
Typische Falle
Falsch He said me that the meeting was cancelled.
Richtig He told me that the meeting was cancelled.
Im Deutschen sagt man ihm etwas und erzählt ihm etwas — beides mit Person. Deshalb schreiben Deutschsprachige He said me. Die englische Regel ist rein formal: tell mit Person, say ohne. Wer unsicher ist, prüft: Steht direkt hinter dem Verb ein me, him, us? Dann muss es tell sein.
Kurz üben
5 Lücken, zuerst aus den Beispielsätzen oben, dann aus der Tafel. Jede Antwort zählt für deine Wiederholungen.
Weiterlernen
Verben mit demselben Muster
Passende Grammatikthemen
Die Formen sind nach den Regeln der Sprache gerechnet — zweimal, auf zwei unabhängigen Wegen — und mit allen von Hand geschriebenen Formen dieses Kurses abgeglichen. Die Beispielsätze sind eigene Sätze des Kurses.