{"id":9593,"date":"2013-04-04T08:54:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T07:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=9593"},"modified":"2013-04-04T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T08:35:48","slug":"the-german-verb-konnen-to-be-able-tocan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/9593\/the-german-verb-konnen-to-be-able-tocan","title":{"rendered":"The German verb k\u00f6nnen &#8211; to be able to\/can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/koennen.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"koennen\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/koennen.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/koennen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">The verb k\u00f6nnen &#8211; to be able to<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>modal verb, formed with haben<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Below are the verb tables detailing how the German verb <strong>k\u00f6nnen<\/strong> is formed depending on the tense of the sentence. Knowing the different forms of <strong>k\u00f6nnen<\/strong> through the tenses will allow you to construct sentences much easier.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/880\/how-german-verbs-work-in-the-present-tense-part-1\"><strong>Present Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1126\/german-future-tense-and-how-to-use-it\"><strong>Future Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1160\/german-conditional-tense-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it\"><strong>Conditional Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ich<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">kann<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werde k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrde k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">kannst<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">wirst k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrdest k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">kann<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">wird k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrde k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>wir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werden k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrden k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ihr<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">k\u00f6nnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werdet k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrdet k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>sie\/Sie<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">werden k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">w\u00fcrden k\u00f6nnen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1011\/past-tense-german-how-to-talk-about-the-past-in-german\">Perfect Tense<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1028\/past-tense-german-the-imperfect-tense\"><strong>Imperfect Tense<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1207\/german-past-tense-%E2%80%93-the-pluperfect-tense\"><strong>Pluperfect <\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/images\/qm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ich<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">habe gekonnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">konnte<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatte gekonnt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hast gekonnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">konntest<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hattest gekonnt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>er\/sie\/es<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hat gekonnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">konnte<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatte gekonnt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>wir<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">haben gekonnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">konnten<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatten gekonnt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>ihr<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">habt gekonnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">konntet<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hattet gekonnt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"109\"><strong>sie\/Sie<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">haben gekonnt<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">konnten<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">hatten gekonnt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Past Participle:<\/strong> gekonnt<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">Example Sentences:<\/h3>\n<p>Meine Oma konnte kein Wort Englisch. &#8211; My nan couldn&#8217;t speak a word of English.<br \/>\nMonika kann sehr gut singen. &#8211; Monika can sing very well.<br \/>\nEr hat das f\u00fcher sehr gut gekonnt. &#8211; He could do that very well then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The verb k\u00f6nnen &#8211; to be able to modal verb, formed with haben Below are the verb tables detailing how the German verb k\u00f6nnen is formed depending on the tense of the sentence. Knowing the different forms of k\u00f6nnen through the tenses will allow you to construct sentences much easier. Present Tense Future Tense Conditional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9593"}],"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=9593"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10103,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9593\/revisions\/10103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}