{"id":2966,"date":"2011-07-27T20:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T19:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2013-04-30T20:09:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:09:31","slug":"how-to-use-german-modal-verbs-like-a-native","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/2966\/how-to-use-german-modal-verbs-like-a-native","title":{"rendered":"How to use German Modal Verbs like a Native"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German Modal Verbs are key to the German Language<\/h3>\n

Modal verbs in German are part of the core language. It is important when learning German to get a good grasp of these verbs as they are used on a very regular basis. A modal verb modifies or emphasises the meaning of other verbs and is conjugated in an unusual way. In English this would be something like “should”, e.g. I should play football<\/strong><\/em> rather than I play football<\/strong><\/em>. There are 6 modal verbs in the German language. Let\u2019s take a closer look at them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\n <\/strong><\/td>\n		d\u00fcrfen<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nk\u00f6nnen<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nm\u00f6gen<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ich<\/strong><\/td>\ndarf<\/td>\nkann<\/td>\nmag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du<\/strong><\/td>\ndarfst<\/td>\nkannst<\/td>\nmagst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\ndarf<\/td>\nkann<\/td>\nmag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wir<\/strong><\/td>\nd\u00fcrfen<\/td>\nk\u00f6nnen<\/td>\nm\u00f6gen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr<\/strong><\/td>\nd\u00fcrft<\/td>\nk\u00f6nnt<\/td>\nm\u00f6gt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie<\/strong><\/td>\nd\u00fcrfen<\/td>\nk\u00f6nnen<\/td>\nm\u00f6gen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English word<\/strong><\/td>\nto be allowed to<\/td>\nto be able to<\/td>\nto like<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\n <\/strong><\/td>\n		m\u00fcssen<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nsollen<\/strong><\/td>\nwollen<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ich<\/strong><\/td>\nmuss<\/td>\nsoll<\/td>\nwill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du<\/strong><\/td>\nmusst<\/td>\nsollst<\/td>\nwillst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\nmuss<\/td>\nsoll<\/td>\nwill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wir<\/strong><\/td>\nm\u00fcssen<\/td>\nsollen<\/td>\nwollen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr<\/strong><\/td>\nm\u00fcsst<\/td>\nsollt<\/td>\nwollt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie<\/strong><\/td>\nm\u00fcssen<\/td>\nsollen<\/td>\nwollen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English word<\/strong><\/td>\nto have to<\/td>\nshall<\/td>\nto want<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

When you use a modal verb in combination with a second verb then the second verb will go to the end of the sentence and will stay in the infinitive form.<\/p>\n

Examples<\/h3>\n

Ich will Fu\u00dfball spielen. \u2013 I want to play football.
\nEr soll zu Hause bleiben. \u2013 He should stay at home.
\nWir m\u00fcssen nach Hause fahren. \u2013 We have to drive home.
\nDarfst du nach der Schule ins Kino gehen? \u2013 Are you allowed to go to cinema after school?
\nLeider kann ich dir nicht helfen. – Unfortunately I can\u2019t help you.
\nIch mag dich nicht danach fragen. – I dont want to ask you about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Modal Verbs are key to the German Language Modal verbs in German are part of the core language. It is important when learning German to get a good grasp of these verbs as they are used on a very regular basis. A modal verb modifies or emphasises the meaning of other verbs and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3347,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}