Childhood experiences: imperfect modal verbs 'konnte', 'musste', 'wollte'
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I can form the imperfect tense of ‘können’, ‘müssen’ and ‘wollen’, and I am aware of aspects of childhood in Germany.
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Months of the year are masculine and borrowed from English, but the stressed syllables are not the same.
Modal verbs are used with a 2nd verb in the infinitive, which comes at the end of the sentence.
The imperfect tense of modal verbs is commonly used when speaking, as well as when writing.
Add -te to the verb stem of a modal verb for the 1st and 3rd person singular imperfect tense, e.g., 'er musste'.
Add -test to the verb stem of a modal verb for the 2nd person singular imperfect tense, e.g., 'du wolltest'.
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