Modal Verbs for Ability
Chapter in 30 Seconds
Unlock your ability to express personal needs, desires, and obligations in Swedish.
- Express your capabilities using 'kan'.
- State your personal desires with 'vill'.
- Indicate necessary actions using 'måste' and infinitive verbs.
ما ستتعلمه
Using 'kan', 'vill', and 'måste' to express needs and desires. This chapter focuses on auxiliary verbs and the infinitive.
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Modal Verb 'Kan'Use 'kan' to say what you can do, and never add 'att' before the next verb!
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Modal Verb 'Vill'Use 'vill' + base verb to say what you want to do!
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Modal Verb 'Måste'Just say 'måste' + verb to say you have to do something!
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Infinitive ConstructionThink of 'att' as the Swedish 'to' when connecting two actions.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
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By the end you will be able to: confidently express what you can, want to, and must do in daily routines.
أمثلة رئيسية (8)
نصائح وحيل (4)
The 'Att' Trap
Keep it simple
No 'att'
Listen for the 'att'
المفردات الرئيسية (6)
Real-World Preview
Ordering Lunch
Review Summary
- Subject + kan + infinitive
- Subject + vill + infinitive
- Subject + måste + infinitive
- Modal + verb (base form)
أخطاء شائعة
Never conjugate the second verb after a modal. Keep it in the infinitive.
Do not use 'att' before the infinitive after modal verbs.
The modal 'måste' requires the base form of the verb, not the present tense.
القواعد في هذا الفصل (4)
Next Steps
You are making incredible progress. Keep practicing these structures and you will be speaking Swedish fluently in no time!
Write 5 sentences about your hobbies using these verbs.
تدريب سريع (10)
Find and fix the mistake:
Jag försöker simma.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Infinitive Construction
Find and fix the mistake:
Han måste jobbar.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Måste'
Jag ___ äta nu.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Vill'
Which is correct?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Vill'
Jag ___ gå nu.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Måste'
Find and fix the mistake:
Jag måste att äta.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Måste'
Find and fix the mistake:
Han kan inte att komma.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Kan'
Vi ___ dansa.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Kan'
Vi ___ köpa mat.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Måste'
___ du hjälpa mig?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Modal Verb 'Kan'
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