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الأَلْياف
modal verb
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English
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Mo·dal·verb <-s, -en> N nt LING

Modalverb
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English
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German
Modalverb nt <-s, -en>

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Hier liegt im Übrigen auch der Grund, warum in den romanischen Sprachen die Modalverben weitaus weniger grammatikalisiert sind.
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Die deutschen Modalverben sind im Hinblick auf diese beiden Termini polysem; mit anderen Worten, sie zeichnen sich durch zwei mögliche Lesarten aus.
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Im Laufe des Sprachwandels wurde das Modalverb zu einem gebundenen Morphem und entwickelte sich zu einer Konditionalis-Endung.
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Das Komplement eines Modalverbs wird durch das Infinitivsuffix -t markiert.
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Diese stehen manchmal auch – zwar elliptisch bis hin zur Ungrammatizität, aber gleichwohl jedem verständlich – alleine nach dem Modalverb: „Du kannst mich kreuzweise“, bzw. gesteigert: „kreuzweise und überzwerch“.
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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Übung zu Modalverben und ihren Ersatzformen
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www.ego4u.de
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Exercise on modal verbs and their substitutes
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Kasus bei Präpositionen, Pronomen (Reflexiv-, Relativ-, Präpositionalpronomen) Verbformen ? (reflexive Verben , Präteritum, Modalverben, Konjunktiv II = höfliche Bitte, Passiv in Präsens und Präteritum) ?
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cms.ifa.de
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Cases with prepositions, pronouns (reflexive, relative and prepositional pronouns) Verb forms ? Reflexive verbs, past tense, modal verbs, subjunctive II (polite request, passive voice in present tense and past tense ?
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Bei Aufforderungen in der indirekten Rede verwenden wir normalerweise das Modalverb sollen.
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deutsch.lingolia.com
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For demands in indirect speech, we normally use the modal verb sollen.
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Modalverben mit subjektivem Gebrauch (Er soll Millionär sein.) ?
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cms.ifa.de
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Modal verbs with a subjective use (He is said to be a millionaire) ?
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Für Sätze, in denen kein Vollverb vorkommt, verwenden wir im Perfekt/Plusquamperfekt das Partizip II des Modalverbs.
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deutsch.lingolia.com
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For sentences without a full verb, we use the past participle of the modal verb in the present perfect/past perfect.
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