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How to say kön­nen, müs­sen, sol­len, nicht dür­fen

In Eng­lish modal verbs are used to say this.

You use modal verbs + in­fi­ni­ti­ve wi­thout to

Ex­amp­le: John can read French books.

Mo­dal­verb

modal verb

kön­nen

can (pre­sent)

nicht kön­nen

can­not (pre­sent)

(nicht) kön­nen

(not) be able to (other ten­ses)

e.g. sim­ple past: he was able to go there; will-fu­ture: she won´t be able to go there

könn­te/könn­te nicht

could/couldn´t

dür­fen

may (pre­sent)

nicht dür­fen

may not (pre­sent)

(nicht) dür­fen

(not) be al­lo­wed to (other ten­ses)

e.g. pre­sent per­fect: John has never been al­lo­wed to stay out after 10 p.m.

dürf­te/dürf­te nicht

might/might not

müs­sen

must (pre­sent)

nicht müs­sen

needn´t (pre­sent)

(nicht)müs­sen

(not) have to (other ten­ses)

e.g. You didn´t have to do this.

sol­len

should

nicht sol­len

shouldn´t

nicht dür­fen

mustn´t , not be al­lo­wed to

   
   

Spe­cial: might (viel­leicht)

He might not come to the con­cert – Er kommt viel­leicht nicht zu dem Kon­zert

 

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