5 The irregular verb sehen

Sehen is an irregular verb.

The present tense is:

  • ich sehe

  • du siehst

  • er/ sie / es /man sieht

  • wir sehen

  • ihr seht

  • Sie sehen

  • sie sehen.

Separable verbs follow the pattern of their main verb:

Siehst du gern fern?

Ja, ich sehe sehr gern fern.

Activity 7

Part 1

Practise using the verb sehen by filling in the gaps.

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Part 2

You’ll now practise writing about your own TV viewing habits.

Write one or two sentences about the types of programmes you like and don’t like watching using gern, nicht gern, gar nicht gern etc.

Remember, you learned some expressions for saying what you like last week in Week 1 Section 4, which you can use here.

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Discussion

The answer you have given will of course depend on your preferences, but here is one possible answer:

Ich sehe gern Spielfilme und Nachrichten. Am liebsten sehe ich Sport. Ich sehe gar nicht gern Quizsendungen.

Now write about when and how often you watch television using expressions such as oft, jeden Tag, am Wochenende, manchmal, nie etc.

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Answer

Again the answer here will depend on your preferences but here is one possible answer:

Ich sehe oft fern, aber nicht jeden Tag. Manchmal sehe ich die Nachrichten, und am Wochenende finde ich die Sportsendungen besonders interessant. Seifenopern sehe ich nie.

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