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MODAL VERBS

MODAL VERBS. Silvije Devald M.A. Vladimir Nazor Primary School Daruvar, Croatia. can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, need, must, ought to, dare, used to. Modal Verbs. form a special group don’t exist in the Croatian language

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MODAL VERBS

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  1. MODAL VERBS Silvije Devald M.A. Vladimir Nazor PrimarySchool Daruvar, Croatia

  2. can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, need, must, ought to, dare, used to

  3. Modal Verbs • form a special group • don’t exist in the Croatian language • important in the German language (können, sollen, wollen, wissen ...) • čine zasebnu skupinu • ne postoje kao posebna skupina u hrvatskom • važni u njemačkom jeziku

  4. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnosti modalni glagola • always followed by a main verb in the infinitive form • uvijek se koriste uz glavni glagol u infinitivu You can open your books.

  5. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnosti modalni glagola • do not add the ending –s in 3rd person singular in the Present Simple Tense • ne dobivaju nastavak –s u 3. licu jednine sadašnjosti She can ride a bike.

  6. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnostimodalniglagola • do not form the continuous and perfect tenses • ne tvore continuous i perfect glagolska vremena *You are maying go out. *I have could swim.

  7. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnostimodalniglagola • form the negative by just adding the „not”, without another auxiliary verb • niječni oblik tvore dodavanjem niječnice „not”, bez drugih pommoćnih glagola We should not drink alcohol.

  8. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnostimodalniglagola • form the questions by inversion, without another auxiliary verb • upitni oblik tvore inverzijom, bez drugog pomoćnog glagola Should she read the message?

  9. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnostimodalniglagola • some modal verbs have alternative verbal forms • neki modalni glagoli imaju zamjenske oblike can – be able to may – be allowed to must – have to

  10. Features of the Modal VerbsPosebnostimodalniglagola • „must” has two negatives: • grammatical – mustn’t • logical – needn’t • „must” ima dvije negacije • gramatičku – mustn’t (= ne smjeti) • logičku – needn’t (= ne morati)

  11. Thankyouforyourattention!

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