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to be supposed to
Was ist "sollen"?
the "ich" form of "können"
Was ist, "kann"?
the "ich" form of "müssen"
Was ist "muss"?
Wir/müssen/besuchen/Paul
Was ist, "Wir müssen Paul besuchen."
This verb is located in the verb spot and matches the subject.
What is a modal verb?
to want to
Was ist "wollen"?
the "ihr" form of "müssen"
Was ist "müsst"?
the "du" form of "wollen"
Was ist, "willst"?
Karin/spielen/Tennis/wollen
Was ist, "Karin will Tennis spielen"?
This verb is located at the end of the clause and ends in -n or -en.
What is the dependent infinitive?
to be able to
Was ist "können"?
the "ich" form of "dürfen"
Was ist "darf"?
the "wir form of "sollen"
Was ist "sollen"?
Ich/dürfen/gehen/nach Hause
Was ist, "Ich darf nach Hause gehen."?
These two singular verb forms are always the same for modal verbs.
What are "ich" and "er, sie, es" forms?
to be allowed to
Was ist "dürfen"?
the "er,sie,es" form of "möchten"
Was ist, "möchte"?
the "ihr" form of "können"
Was ist "könnt"?
Karl und ich/Basketball/spielen/mögen
Was ist, "Karl und ich mögen Basketball spielen."?
These forms of the modal verb are irregular. They have to be memorized.
What are the singular forms?
to have to
Was ist "müssen"?
the "du" form of "mögen"
Was ist "magst"?
the "Sie" form of "dürfen"
Was ist "dürfen"?
Warum/ihr/dürfen/gehen/nicht zur Party/?
Was ist, "Warum dürft ihr nicht zur Party gehen?"?
These forms of the modal verb are not irregular; they are formed with regular verb endings on the stem of the infinitive form of the modal.
What are the plural forms?