A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a
A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a
A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a
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Unit: 10: Modal verbs<br />
1. Objectives<br />
In this unit you will learn how to:<br />
Identify and translate modal verbs, <strong>in</strong> any tense, and <strong>in</strong> a variety of their<br />
usages.<br />
Identify and translate sentences <strong>in</strong> which a subord<strong>in</strong>ate clause is act<strong>in</strong>g as the<br />
subject.<br />
Unit: 10: Modal verbs<br />
2. Modal Verbs<br />
The modal verbs are those verbs which express a mood, such as “like to” or “want<br />
to.” The <strong>German</strong> modal verbs and their basic mean<strong>in</strong>gs are:<br />
dürfen<br />
können<br />
müssen<br />
mögen<br />
sollen<br />
wollen<br />
to be allowed to (<strong>in</strong> the sense of permission)<br />
to be able to (<strong>in</strong> the sense of ability)<br />
to have to<br />
to like to<br />
to be supposed to<br />
to want to<br />
Present Tense<br />
The modal verbs are irregular <strong>in</strong> the present tense s<strong>in</strong>gular but act like any other<br />
verb <strong>in</strong> the plural. Thus, for example, dürfen conjugates as:<br />
PERSON SINGULAR PLURAL<br />
1ST ich darf wir dürfen<br />
2ND du darfst ihr dürft<br />
3RD er/sie/es darf sie/Sie dürfen
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