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Hello and welcome back to our channel We're Laura and Teresa We' re sisters and native German speakers as well as German teachers And in today's video you can perfectly practice your listening comprehension because Laura and I will have a completely natural conversation I've actually selected a few very special verbs and now we're going to talk about them Are you ready I really hope I'm ready Good then let's get started Let's go Just a quick note that there's a PDF available again for this video That means all verbs and verb phrases The audio clips you can hear in this video along with example sentences are available in the PDF The link is below the video Just click enter your email address and the PDF will be in your inbox Exactly Then we can get started Alternatively just a quick note: if you realize you're not fully understanding us or are struggling to follow Then you can turn on the subtitles anytime That will make it much easier for you And maybe by my next video you'll even be able to follow along without subtitles That's the best training Exactly then I'd say let's get started now Laura are you ready I really hope so Good I need to check my clever list Our first verb is to sneak What is sneaking and what are the corresponding root formulas Okay so sneaking I'll start by listing the formulas That's sneaking I tiptoe in the past tense I tiptoed he tiptoed and in the perfect tense I have tiptoed So we form the perfect tense with the verb to be Exactly To creep crept had crept To creep essentially means walking very quietly So one creeps through the house Maybe if you want to wake someone up at night or something like that In that case I'd use "sneak " Yes very good You can also see that in the image with thieves inside the house moving silently so they won't be heard So they creep around or if you're a teenager maybe sneaked home at night after a party or something like that So you sneak you move very quietly Exactly Very good Good Okay What 's the opposite of sneaking If you walk very loudly I would have said stomping Yes exactly Stomping Exactly So you can hear it clearly For example when someone is going up or down the stairs and it might be a wooden staircase And you can clearly hear someone stomping up or down the stairs Exactly Or when you're angry or something you stomp Maybe you stomp Yes that 's right Stomp the verb Yes Okay great Then the next one is "compel " Forcing Right He forced he forced he has forced This means making someone do something they don't want to do Yeah even if I forced you to do it Wow I don't have an example because I'm not actually forcing you to do anything Thank goodness That's true If I forced you to make me a delicious pizza right now you wouldn't have any choice—you must do it because I'm telling you to Otherwise there would be consequences Yes exactly that's right Or I'm just now thinking about a mother or father making your child clean their room for instance So you have to do this now There is no other option There's no option—you have to do this And that's coercion Yes exactly Naturally always negative Also the pizza example might not have been very convincing since getting pizza is actually something nice But I think you understand what we mean So basically someone being made to do something they don’t want to do at all Yes exactly that's right Also no alternatives and so on Yeah okay Then the next verb is to spoil Spoil Okay something spoils Even the present tense is already irregularly corrupted Corruption and something being corrupted You use that for food that goes bad Yes do you have an example Maybe a yogurt or something you have in your refrigerator Fruit or vegetables can spoil if they simply go bad either because they've been open too long or have deteriorated Then it's spoiled Yes exactly And the interesting thing or perhaps the hint is that we say something is spoiled in the present perfect tense that something has gone bad because there is a change of state So perhaps you know the rule for when to use the auxiliary verb "sein" in the perfect tense And that happens whenever a state changes just like when falling asleep or similar moments I am awake and in state two then I fall asleep So I have fallen asleep And likewise in death The food is still edible it's safe to eat And my next state would be then it would be spoiled That's why we say the milk the yogurt has gone bad Exactly So it is Okay good Then we have cheating Cheating He is cheating or she is cheating Fraud I need to think about that briefly In the past tense he cheated and has cheated Yes exactly And that means being dishonest with someone That could happen in a relationship for instance if you cheat on your partner perhaps with someone else whether something starts despite being in a relationship But there could also be other reasons So you can have feelings for someone o defraud someone of money for example by tricking them It's unfair one could say— treating someone unjustly behind their back doing something wrong without their knowledge Exactly So what's absolutely negative one must say And the person then calls themselves So it's the fraudster or the fraudster Exactly That's how you can then refer to the person Exactly And the actions are precisely fraud and someone has committed fraud Alright then perhaps next time success Success Something succeeds something succeeded and something has succeeded When something works well when something goes smoothly I was just thinking about baking I usually think about food first whenever I can You also baked an amazing delicious cake So I'd say wow Theresa that cake really turned out exceptionally well And that turned out just wonderfully Yes yes exactly right And again it's interesting that we use the perfect tense to say something has succeeded Also if one were to experience this change in state again perhaps it happens too Yes I was just thinking whether this isn't exactly what occurs Occurrence is an exception Exactly Events happen precisely when they are being experienced Yes that's right Exactly Yes exactly I initially thought that when something succeeds that in itself is in a way a change in status or state change But clearly much more fittingly belongs in the category of event-driven How things happen occur succeed All three are formed with the verb to be Exactly Okay then we have the verb to pinch What's pinching Like pinching someone That's what Grandma used to do all the time Or my Theresa you've grown so big You've all definitely experienced this If you still have grandmothers and grandfathers they're especially fond of doing it Pinching Yes exactly Pinching someone He pinched He gave a pinch And he did pinch It just occurred to me that pinching actually has even more meanings So first of all what we just showed you For example pinching someone on the cheek—just pressing lightly with your fingers pinching someone They say that for instance when you simply can't believe something at all So imagine somehow you've won the lottery And suddenly there are 10 000 euros in your account And then you say Theresa pinch me Can you pinch me So I can wake up from this dream I just can't believe it To wimp out And I think that's also slang when you say someone 's wimping out because they're too scared to do something Exactly Stupid example You're at the swimming pool maybe as a teenager and you want to jump from the ten-meter platform And you're actually completely terrified of it Then you bravely climb up and once you're at the top you stand there and say something like Oh no I can't do this I'm too scared I'll go back down That's chicken out People also say you're backing down So you end up taking it back after all simply because you lack the courage Kind of like getting cold feet you know—just not having the nerve to do something Yeah exactly We'll start to hesitate back out and get cold feet That's so classic—somehow right before a wedding or something like that Then someone says oh where's the bride The wedding's about to begin Maybe she's gotten cold feet Or has the groom gotten cold feet So yes did he briefly feel nervous in a way Is hesitating That brings up the question oh I hope he shows up for the wedding so to speak Exactly Yes those are the expressions we just had Very good Okay then the next verb is to milk Milking What is milking The farmer milks For example he milks the cow He milks the cow You really have to think a bit when using the past tense because you don't actually use it actively when speaking Yes especially with verbs that change the vowel in the stem I partly agree You just need to think about it briefly He milks he's milking and he's milked Right yes exactly As I said the farmer milks the cow So how do you explain that You squeeze the milk from the cow Yes exactly From the udder The udder And then yes you harvest the milk so to speak Exactly — for all animals that produce milk not just cows You can also milk goats and things like that Exactly Yes that's right Exactly Okay Just a quick note—when it comes to people you don't say that Also just to make sure there's no misunderstanding With people we'd say quiet Yes that's exactly what the mother does with the baby Also the man is breastfeeding the baby Exactly One wouldn't use that term the other way around for animals Right Exactly Precisely Yes Alright very good Then let's move on to the next verb which is "binden " Binden Ah okay He binds he ties He has bound For instance you can tie your shoes So if you're wearing sneakers you can tie a bow Binding is also one of those verbs that takes a huge number of prefixes I was just about to mention bind attach connect and rebind I just thought of the scarf I'm tying the scarf around my neck To connect something is somewhat like combining it This also comes up frequently in German language exercises where you're asked to combine a sentence start with a sentence end It's always there connecting see Meaning for example if you have a wound you can also bandage the wound Also binding oneself is part of it Giving birth delivering a child— that’s what giving birth is all about Yes wow that would actually deserve its own separate video where we're only talking about prefixes of binding Yes crazy Okay exactly But in this case binding in the sense means For example tying your shoes—making a knot That 's tying Okay then we have the verb to lift lift lifted he lifted he has lifted And that means moving something from the ground or from below upward Yes exactly—something like lifting with your hands Maybe there's a bucket or something on the ground and you want to lift the bucket upward You can lift a child who is sitting on the floor You're lifting your child up Yes and there are many prefixes for that too Also there are these incredibly subtle differences I just realized—what's the difference between *heben* and *anheben* That means so picture this: you have the floor maybe the carpet and you have a bucket Did you say or a pot placed on the floor Then you can lift the entire pot or you can just lift it slightly It's just enough to keep him slightly off the ground For example lifting raising Yes you could even do that there too There's even truth to it when cooking whether it's while cooking or making cake batter When you lift something up Yeah that's definitely worth its own video too You can forget about us Exactly feel free to write and let us know if you're interested in videos like that where we take a single verb and discuss an extensive list of prefixes in detail That would also be a good idea Okay good Then we might have one last verb left dear Laura and that is the verb Be startled be startled He is startled he was startled he has been startled When you suddenly receive a shock you jump in fright So you walk down the street And suddenly you hear some noise behind you and you didn't expect it—oh God I'm terrified Yes exactly I startle someone and again he's startled so that 's another verb too at the auxiliary verb "to be" is required But even for native German speakers this can be quite challenging at times There's also the past participle "erschreckt" used with "habe " I scared someone That’s when I do it I’ll say I’m scaring you I scare you I scared you Or And I frightened you Yes exactly And Laura is in the other position and says it's reflexive then I frighten myself I was startled and I'm frightened Yes I'm frightened That's then the other perspective Also a bit complicated one must say Yes that's a great example of it Okay very good Thank you so much Laura for joining in Exactly And as mentioned you can now download the PDF related to the video with all the words and sentences we've mentioned so far And just as mentioned feel free to also drop us a line in the comments Whether you'd like to see such videos more often from now on and of course also videos about prefixes A great idea Exactly And we'll see you again in one of our next videos Until next time