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What is the difference between fallen and gefallen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between fallen and gefallen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
When I search in the dictionary for gefallen there is a different meaning as when I search for fallen, but when I search for the conjugation for gefallen I only find fallen (because the perfekt form is the same??) I'm confused đ
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fallen= it is falling right now.
gefallen= it has already fallen
So basically, gefallen is just the past form of fallen
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fallen= to fall
Ich falle! (I'm falling!)
Ich bin gefallen. (I fell)
gefallen (to be liked) is a direct verb:
Dieses Auto gefÀllt mir. (I like this car.)
Dieses Auto hat mir gefallen (I liked this car.)
Gefallen is a noun and means favor:
Kannst du mir einen Gefallen tun?(Can you do me a favor?)
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@JoshiDesu yeah but what made me confused was that it my book gefallen appears as a normal verb (like, not the Perfekt form)
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I don't know the proper grammatical explanation (sorry!) but the main difference is basically the mir/dir/ihr/ihm/uns/euch/ihnen right before the perfect form of "gefallen"
Es hat mir gefallen.
Es hat dir gefallen.
Es hat ihr gefallen.
Es hat uns gefallen.
Es hat euch gefallen.
Es hat ihnen gefallen.
As you can see, gefallen always comes after a possessive pronoun, while fallen only needs the thing that actually falls (I know it sounds weird but you will understand:)
Ich bin gefallen.
Du bist gefallen.
Er ist gefallen.
Wir sind gefallen.
Ihr seid gefallen.
Sie sind gefallen.
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