I had a breif grammar lesson from my father in law today as we passed on the stair case. I wanted to tell him that I had put a six pack of beer in the fridge, and he was welcome to them because I had taken a few from his stash earlier in the week.

I won’t bother writing the way I said it… I’ll just write down his response.

Nehmen – to take

Ich nehme

du nimmst

er,sire,es nimmt

Ihr nehmt

sie nehmen

Du hast genommen!

After a little research, it seems that abnything in the past tense is genommen.

Ich habe genommen

du hast genommen

er, sie, es hat genommen

etc. etc.

So what I should have said was:

Hallo, bitte nimmst du ein parr bier aus dem Kühlschrank, weil letzte Woche Ich habe zwei flaschen aus dein bier genommen.

Roughly translated: Hello, please take a few beers from the fridge because last week I took two of your beers.

Likewise, anything in the future tense takes the form; nehmen.

Ich werde nehmen – I will take

Du wirst nehmen – you will take