So many German verbs are constructed with the verb machen, but only a few are constructed with tun. The verbs machen and tun may have overlapping meanings, but the verbs we will look at here use tun exclusively. 

One phrase you learned early on was Es tut mir leid ("I'm sorry"). The verb leidtun can literally be translated as "to be sorry (for someone)."

Es tut mir leid, ich wusste das nicht!

I'm sorry, I didn't know that!

Caption 30, Nicos Weg - A2 - Folge 71: Meiner Meinung nach

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Frederick tat das leid, dass Piggeldy so schlottern musste.

Frederick was sorry that Piggeldy shivered in such a way.

Caption 19, Piggeldy und Frederick - Die Treppe

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The verbs guttun and wehtun can be seen as opposites, though wehtun is also used to refer to physical pain.

Was tut gut, was tut weh?

What does good, what causes pain?

Caption 6, Clueso - Neuanfang

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Oh, meine Hand tut weh!

Oh, my hand hurts!

Caption 21, Felix und Franzi - Das Training

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Der Bauch tut mir weh, der Kopf tut mir weh.

My stomach hurts, my head hurts.

Caption 45, Deutschkurs in Tübingen - Verben der 3. Kategorie

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The phrase tun als ob means to act like or to pretend.

Schorsch tut so, als wäre er ein Dinosaurier.

Schorsch is pretending to be a dinosaur.

Caption 49, Peppa Wutz - Einkaufen und mehr

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Und ich tue, als täte nichts weh.

And I act as though nothing hurts.

Caption 12, Andreas Bourani - Eisberg

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Und Sie tun hier so, als hätten Sie einen Doktortitel?

And you are pretending to have a doctorate here?

Caption 20, Das Lügenbüro - Die Bewerbung

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Further Learning
In addition to doing a search on Yabla German, write your own sentences to practice using these verbs and phrases in the present and past tense. 

Last week, we looked at the various verbs that mean "to listen" and "to hear." But there are also several words that contain hören and have nothing to do with its meaning. The most important of these for daily conversation are likely the verbs gehören and aufhören. 

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The verb gehören essentially means "to belong" and is used to express ownership. Note the use of the dative case in these two examples:  

Die Uhr gehört der Lehrerin.

The watch belongs to the teacher.

Caption 60, Deutschkurs in Tübingen - Verben der 3. Kategorie

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Wem gehört jetzt dieses Kunstwerk?

Who owns this work of art now?

Caption 47, Das Urban-Art-Projekt - Polnischer Militärhubschrauber

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The related verb zugehören or dazugehören means "to be counted among” or “to be a component part of something," while the verb angehören can even be used more officially to talk about membership in a group. 

Die Australierin gehört zu den Hauptdarstellerinnen in dem Thriller.

The Australian is among the leading female actors in the thriller.

Caption 18, Cate Blanchett - dreht auf Fehmarn

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You may already be thinking that gehört is indeed the past participle of the verb hören! This is true, so you will have to note the context and the prefixes and prepositions as well. 

The verb aufhören is also not related to listening or hearing. It means "to cease," "to stop," or "to quit."

Kannst du bitte aufhören zu telefonieren?

Can you please stop phoning?

Caption 51, Magie - Die Zaubershow

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„Hör auf!“, schrie Frederick. „Du nervst mich!“

"Stop!" cried Frederick. "You are annoying me!"

Caption 11, Piggeldy und Frederick - Karton

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Further Learning
Because these verbs are so common, you will be able to find many examples on Yabla German. If you are interested in learning more verbs related to listening and hearing, take a look at this list.