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modal verb - A Difficult English-to-German Translation: "He must …
Mar 22, 2025 · Since this would use "wollen" as a full verb in one direction and as a modal verb in the other. Instead: Er muß zu sehen gewollt haben. Er muß gewollt haben zu sehen. And the same is true if we replace the active with the passive mood: Er muß gesehen werden gewollt haben. (WRONG!) Er muß gewollt haben, gesehen zu werden.
modal verb - Modalverb - German Language Stack Exchange
Apr 10, 2022 · The auxiliary verb for fallen is sein, so to form the perfect past replace the finite verb with the conjugated form of sein, and place the past participle (Partizip II) of the original verb at the end: Die Waffe ist mir aus der Tasche gefallen. "The weapon has fallen out of my pocket." On top of that, apply the modal verb müssen.
Infinitiv + »zu« + Modalverb? - German Language Stack Exchange
Oct 4, 2014 · Das mit dem Modalverb stimmt nicht. Ob nach einem Verb überhaupt ein Infinitiv, und welcher, kommen kann, hängt schlicht vom Verb ab: Ich meine ihn zu hören. Ich habe zu arbeiten Ich muss arbeiten Ich brauche nicht (zu) arbeiten Ich gehe die Schwäne füttern. *Ich muss zu arbeiten (Modalverb verlangt Infinitiv ohne zu)
verb - When to you use Perfekt and Präteritum for Modalverbs?
Feb 2, 2025 · "Perfective" means that a verb describes an action which has a defined result: for instance "to sleep" has no such result - to be sleeping is a status. On the other hand "to wake up" has a result: you start sleeping, then gain conciousness and finally are awake.
Using modal verbs with the Perfekt tense
Feb 12, 2016 · Unlike in English, expressions like "I should have done it" in German are not formed with a participle of the non-modal verb, but with the infinitive. It is a special form called Ersatzinfinitiv which uses both infinitives of the modal and the non-modal verb: I should have done it. Ich hätte es machen sollen.
Is “lassen” a modal verb? - German Language Stack Exchange
Jun 19, 2015 · Similar to a modal verb (1) = cause/arrange sth.: I am having my bike repaired. modalverbähnlich (2) = erlauben: Die Mutter lässt die Kinder bis spät in die Nacht fernsehen. Similar to a modal verb (2) = allow: The mother allows her children to watch TV until late at night. Passiversatzform sich lassen (3.
Zu + Verb word order - German Language Stack Exchange
Dec 19, 2024 · There is no modal verb in this sentence. German has these six modal verbs: müssen, dürfen, können, sollen, wollen, mögen. Sometimes also other verbs can be used in an modal manner, but these are exceptions. So, these are sentences with modal verbs and lassen: Er will ihn ausreden lassen. Er soll ihn ausreden lassen. Er möchte ihn ausreden ...
Word order for modal verbs in the passive, in a subordinate clause
May 31, 2019 · Same for the modals, as soon a modal is involved, the finite verb becomes an infinitive and moves to the end. So, Es wird benutzt. → …, so dass es benutzt wird. Es muss benutzt werden. → …, so dass es benutzt werden muss. But take care, as soon the row of infinitives and participles gets longer, the finite verb typically leads it:
modal verb - Why does past turn into present when reformulating ...
Sep 14, 2023 · This is the "normal" Perfekt which treats the modal as any other verb. It means a different thing. This "normal" Perfekt moves the viewpoint of the modal expression to the past. So the modal evaluation happened back then. In this particular context, it reads as if you wished they had a relationship crises back then. Compare the non-Perfekt ...
modal verb - sein + zu + Infinitiv + ein Modalverb Konstruktion ...
Aug 20, 2023 · Ich habe letztens die folgende Konstruktion gelesen: Queen Elizabeth flog sehr gern First Class mit British Airways.