Mar 21, 2025 · A full verb describes an activity. A modal verb, on the other hand, goes along with a full verb which describes a modification of the way the activity of the modal verb is carried …

Apr 10, 2022 · The auxiliary verb for erhängen is haben (as it is for all transitive verbs). The modal verb in this case is sollen, which has a number of meanings, but from context what is meant is …

Feb 12, 2016 · In any case, modal verbs usually form their perfect tense with the so-called Ersatzinfinitve (replacement infinitive) which just means that you have to use the verb’s …

Mar 24, 2017 · What is the difference in translation/meaning between these two different grammatical constructions: Er müsste es getan haben. Er hätte es tun müssen. Another …

Feb 2, 2025 · What Germanic indeed had was a clear differentiation between "perfective" and "imperfective" verbs. "Perfective" means that a verb describes an action which has a defined …

Mar 17, 2013 · I was told that while speaking people generally use perfect instead of preterite. Is it also common for modal verbs? Which is used in which cases? Ich konnte ... or Ich habe …

Oct 4, 2014 · Ich bin glücklich, wieder Fußball zu spielen. Dabei rückt der Infinitiv des vormals finiten Verbs (Ich spiele.) ans Ende der Infinitivgruppe. Der Satz Ich bin glücklich, wieder …

Feb 28, 2024 · I was always taught T.I.M.: Tense - infinitive - modal. Whenever you have this constellation of three verbs jostling for position at the end of the sentence, where one is a …

Mar 2, 2022 · Related: Past Subjunctive - dürfte + past participle + haben vs. hätte + infinitive + dürfen. Somewhat less related: Konjunktiv II with modal verbs I know that translating German …

Mar 24, 2021 · For simplicity, I will remove bis morgen and von Hans and use the standard word order. Auxiliary verb Let's start with the verb müssen, which is the auxiliary, but also the finite …