Using nehmen (to take) - stem changing verb

Nehmen is another verb frequently used in ordering food or drink, but note that the word itself, unlike möchten, is not specifically polite unless we tag on bitte to the end of the request.

Ich nehme eine Cola, bitte.

Like essen, nehmen is considered a stem changing verb. The stem vowel (usually the middle vowel of the stem, with stem being everything minus the -en ending of the infinitive verb) of the du and the er/sie/es forms changes from nehm- to nimm. Let's listen and then look at how we conjugate this verb:

verb: nehmen
nehmen
ich nehme
du nimmst
er/sie/es nimmt
wir nehmen
ihr nehmt
sie/Sie nehmen

Practice Listening Activity - Using möchten and nehmen

Listen to the recording in each question and fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb you hear; the infinitive of that verb appears in parenthesis at the end of each sentence.

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