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    Modal verbs are verbs that express possibility or necessity and are often used with another verb to indicate an action that can, should or wants to be done. Examples of common modal verbs in English include can, should, want, must, may and will, which are used with an infinitive verb to form sentences like "I can speak German", "My sister should lose weight" and "We want to go on holiday right now". Modal verbs follow the same pattern as the future tense in German, using the modal verb as the auxiliary verb along with an infinitive verb.

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    Modal verbs are verbs that express possibility or necessity and are often used with another verb to indicate an action that can, should or wants to be done. Examples of common modal verbs in English include can, should, want, must, may and will, which are used with an infinitive verb to form sentences like "I can speak German", "My sister should lose weight" and "We want to go on holiday right now". Modal verbs follow the same pattern as the future tense in German, using the modal verb as the auxiliary verb along with an infinitive verb.

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    Lesson 4 - Basic Deutsch

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    Modal verbs are verbs that express possibility or necessity and are often used with another verb to indicate an action that can, should or wants to be done. Examples of common modal verbs in English include can, should, want, must, may and will, which are used with an infinitive verb to form sentences like "I can speak German", "My sister should lose weight" and "We want to go on holiday right now". Modal verbs follow the same pattern as the future tense in German, using the modal verb as the auxiliary verb along with an infinitive verb.

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    Modal verbs are verbs associated with possibility or necessity.

    Modal verbs Examples of modal verbs include: 'can', 'should' and 'want'. You almost always have to combine them with another verb to show what you can/should/want to do. For example: 1. I can speak German. 2. My sister should lose weight. 3. We want to go on holiday right now. More modal verbs Modal verbs Modal verb Translation mssen drfen knnen mgen wollen sollen To have to To be allowed to To be able to To like To want to To be supposed to/ought

    Making sentences with modal verbs They follow exactly the same pattern as the future tense:

    Pronoun + Auxiliary verb + Infinitive (at the end)

    In the future tense, 'werden' is the auxiliary verb. With modal verbs, the modal verb itself is your auxiliary verb. The only thing that changes, whether you're talking about the present or the past, is the modal verb.

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