German Tenses--An Overview (Part II.1)

German Tenses—an Overview Part II: Passive Tenses, Regular Verb, with “haben”

“fragen” is a regular verb which builds its compound tenses with the modal verb “haben” (to have).

Infinitiv == (infinitive)

fragen == (to ask)

Indikativ == Indicative Mode

Präsens == (simple present)

Ich werde gefragt == I am asked

du wirst gefragt == you are asked

er/sie/es wird gefragt == he/she/it is asked

wir werden gefragt == we are asked

ihr werdet gefragt == you are asked

sie/Sie werden gefragt == they are asked (you are asked—formal address)

Präteritum == (simple past)

ich wurde gefragt == I was asked

du wurdest gefragt == you were asked

er/sie/es wurde gefragt == he/she/it was asked

wir wurden gefragt == we were asked

ihr wurdet gefragt == you were asked

sie/Sie wurden gefragt == they were asked (you were asked—formal address)

Perfekt == (present perfect)

ich bin gefragt worden == I have been asked

du bist gefragt worden == you have been asked

er/sie/es ist gefragt worden == he/she/it has been asked

wir sind gefragt worden == we have been asked

ihr seid gefragt worden == you have been asked

sie/Sie sind gefragt worden == they have been asked (you have been asked—formal address)

Plusquamperfekt == (past perfect)

ich war gefragt worden == I had been asked

du warst gefragt worden == you had been asked

er/sie/es war gefragt worden == he/she/it had been asked

wir waren gefragt worden == we had been asked

ihr wart gefragt worden == you had been asked

sie/Sie waren gefragt worden == they had been asked (you had been asked—formal address)

Futur I == (future I)

ich werde gefragt werden == I will be asked

du wirst gefragt werden == you will be asked

er/sie/es wird gefragt werden == he/she/it will be asked

wir werden gefragt werden == we will be asked

ihr werdet gefragt werden == you will be asked

sie/Sie werden gefragt werden == they will be asked (you will be asked—formal address)

Futur II == (future II)

ich werde gefragt worden sein == I will have been asked

du wirst gefragt worden sein == you will have been asked

er/sie/es wird gefragt worden sein == he/she/it will have been asked

wir werden gefragt worden sein == we will have been asked

ihr werdet gefragt worden sein == you will have been asked

sie/Sie werden gefragt worden sein == they will have been asked

(you will have been asked—formal address)

Watch out for Part II.2 next Wednesday!