Breakdown of Wir warten vor dem Geschäft.
Questions & Answers about Wir warten vor dem Geschäft.
In German, the verb ending changes depending on the subject (who is doing the action).
The verb here is warten (to wait). In the present tense:
- ich warte – I wait
- du wartest – you wait (singular, informal)
- er/sie/es wartet – he/she/it waits
- wir warten – we wait
- ihr wartet – you (plural, informal) wait
- sie warten – they wait
- Sie warten – you (formal) wait
For wir (we), the verb always takes the ending -en, so:
wir warten
not wir wartet or wir wartest.
Wir is the 1st person plural nominative pronoun in German. That means:
- person: 1st (speaker)
- number: plural (more than one person)
- case: nominative (subject of the sentence)
So wir is the subject of the sentence, the ones doing the action (waiting).
If you change wir, you must also change the verb form:
- Ich warte vor dem Geschäft. – I am waiting …
- Sie warten vor dem Geschäft. – They are waiting …