Verb Moods: Indicative vs. Subjunctive – Deutsch 101-326
resources.german.lsa.umich.edu › grammatikSubjunctive II exists in only two tenses: present and past, but there are two ways to form the present subjunctive, one formal (one-word form based on simple past of the verb), one informal (würde + infinitive). ==> Whereas you are used to having just one option for the present tense and two options for the past tense (formal–narrative past [one word]; informal–perfect [two words]) in the indicative, in the subjunctive you have two options for the present tense (one-word form, or würde ...