Modal Verb Negative Traucción

Can Can’t Poder -- Habilidad

Could Couldn’t Poder (pasado)-Habilidad
Might Might not Poder - probabilidad
May May not Poder - probabilidad
Must Mustn’t Deber- Obligación
Should Shouldn’t Deber- Sugerencia/Consejo
Would Wouldn’t -ría

I can finish my homework.

Yo puedo terminar mi tarea.

I may finish my homework next monday.

Puede que termine mi tarea el lunes.

Estos se utilizan en combinación con otros verbos para expresar diferentes grados de capacidad,
posibilidad, permiso, necesidad, obligación, prohibición, seguridad, etc., referidos al verbo
principal.

CAN/COULD

CAN. Se trata de un término que indica habilidad, es decir la capacidad de realizar algo o también
posibilidad, o sea que algo es posible que se concrete, por ejemplo:

Affirmative

You can win this time.

Ana can do that experiment by herself.

Negative

You can´t win this time.

Interrogative

Can you win this time?

Para el pasado usamos COULD.

You could win

My aunt could come in her car.

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MAY/ MIGHT

May/Might pueden traducirse como “puede” cuando nos referimos a una probabilidad y no a la
capacidad de hacer algo, ya que en tal caso utilizaríamos el verbo modal CAN.

He may accept a new deal.

Laura might /may come today.

Lucía may finish her homework.

My friends may visit to me at night.

May I go to the cinema?

Differences:

I can write so fast. Yo puedo escribir muy rápido.

I may write a letter from my boss. Yo puedo escribir una carta a mi jefe.

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MUST

Deber como obligación:

You must eat your vegetables.

They must save their money.

Must they save their money?

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Should

Deber como sugerencia o consejo.

You should finish your activities.

We should do exercise for our health.

Should we do exercise for our health?

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Would

Terminación -ría en español.

Carolina travels to Sweden.

Carolina may not travel to Sweden.

Carolina must not travel to Sweden.

I read a book.

I can read a book.

I could read a book.

I may read a book.

I must read a book

I should read a book.

I would read a book.

I can borrow a pencil.

I would sing and enjoy.

You should clean the house.

Pedro should think in his future.

Pedro shouldn’t think in his future.

Should Pedro think in his future?

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My sister would bring toasts for breakfast.

The bird couldn’t fly because its wing is broken.

You should accuse him for bothering to you

She must hurry up if she wants to arrive early.

I can drop it right now

You must apologize with her.