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alternate case: modal verb
English modal auxiliary verbs
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preterite (the present form mot gave rise to mote, which was used as a modal verb in Early Modern English, but must has now lost its past connotations andShall and will (4,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Indo-European *wel-, meaning to wish for or desire. Within English, the modal verb will is also related to the noun will and the regular lexical verb willAssumptive mood (214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
always comes at this time.)" Another example in English, using a different modal verb, would be, "He should be a good worker. (He has 15 years of prior experienceNecessitative mood (271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
necessitative. It is also possible to combine the necessitative with the modal verb "can" in all three tenses. Examples of the necessitative in Turkish: bakmalıyımArgentine Sign Language (2,239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
can't-be-bothered modal verb [PRON]1 APARTAMENTO LIMPIAR- NO-QUERER- I apartment clean can't-be-bothered subject object {main verb} {modal verb} 'I can't beGoing-to future (3,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pool] to swim". The going-to idiom, used to express futurity is a semi-modal verb that consists of a form of the copula verb be, the word going followedJudeo-Hamedani–Borujerdi (1,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
progressive on the basis of the colloquial Persian construction with the modal verb dāštan mān dār-ān bar-gard-ān az kenisā "I am returning from synagogue"English irregular verbs (4,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Old English regular verb). In some cases, used to is also listed as a modal verb. All the modal verbs both in their present and preterite forms-exceptNaʼvi grammar (2,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the modified verb must take the general subjunctive. The subject of the modal verb takes the intransitive case. ex: emyu new syuvet ayfol yivom emyu chefTaba language (5,763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
elsewhere; however, it is likely related to the optional final -s of the modal verb -ahate(s) 'to be unable', which appears to be derived historically fromCapitonym (857 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to walk briskly and rhythmically May: the fifth month of the year may: modal verb Mobile (/moʊˈbiːl/): A city in Alabama mobile (/ˈmoʊbəl/ or /ˈmoʊbaɪl/):T-rules (1,009 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gaan. ("She can go to school", modal) The first person singular for non-modal verb is identical to the radical. The form can end in a vowel or in a consonantLengo language (3,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
serial verb construction is as follows: V + na V(-O) The first verb is the modal verb, and the second verb follows an article (always na). This second verbTexan English (3,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Named for Alamo hero Jim Bowie. dogie: calf. fixin' to: a future-tense modal verb analogous to "about to" or "going to" in much of American English. E.gKhanty languages (2,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the converb and four participle verb forms. Infinitive can complement a modal verb or a motion verb such as go. If it is alone, necessity or possibilityConditional mood (2,716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conditional mood (or just the conditional) is formed periphrastically using the modal verb would in combination with the bare infinitive of the following verb. (OccasionallyMiddle Low German (5,238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Unstressed o (as in the suffix -schop) frequently changes into u (-schup). The modal verb for 'shall/should' features /ʃ/, not /s/ (i.e. schal). The past participle'sPolabian language (4,270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
will sew”), K. Polyansky considered the verb met in these cases is a modal verb - “I must sew.” The use of the imperfect joz tех (“I wanted”), mes (“had”)Tunisian Arabic (16,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
هاذيكة hāðākī (f.) determinants. Finally, the conjugation of mūš as a modal verb uses ماهواش māhūwāš instead of ماهوش māhūš, ماهياش māhīyāš instead ofTeochew Min (6,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
予 hō͘ passive or causative agent preposition 愛 àiⁿ 愛 àiⁿ 卜 beh "to want" (modal verb) 好 hoh 好 hoh 真 chin "very" (dummy adverb in adjectival sentences)Biblical Hebrew (13,385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
past tense Imperfect, Subjunctive: reflects a potential, theoretical or modal verb, such as in conditional clauses, e.g. "If you go...", "she should stay"Serbo-Croatian grammar (6,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phrases (such as the already exemplified 'long live'), or by use of the modal verb may. Some authors[who?] suggest existence of subjunctive mood, realizedHindustani grammar (8,632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"to dance" → nāc uṭhnā "to break into dance". saknā "to be able to" A modal verb that indicates the capability of performing an action. 1. karnā "to do"Polish morphology (4,729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
alternation, e.g. rozumieć: rozumiany: rozumienie). This is a neuter noun. The modal verb powinien ("should") is conjugated in the present tense with adjective-typeComparison of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish (9,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the ending -st can only be added to the infinitive that follows the modal verb, e.g.: Ingenting kunne gjørast. = There was nothing that could be doneHindustani verbs (5,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"to dance" → nāc uṭhnā "to break into dance". saknā "to be able to" A modal verb that indicates the capability of performing an action. 1. karnā "to do"