When you look up a verb in the dictionary what you find is the verb in the infinitive form. In English it’s two words - ‘to swim’ - but in German it’s just the one schwimmen. In German, there’s a ...

Modal verbs close A modal verbA verb which shows ability, permission, necessity, obligation or possibility eg can, must, should, want. are used to express ability, permission, necessity, obligation or ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...