Danish Modal Verbs

Learn the helping verbs in Danish, with audio

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Danish Modal Verbs

	kunne - be able to, can	ville - to want to	få - to be allowed to	-- must, have to
present	kan	vil	får	må/skal
past	kunne	ville	fik	---

Just as in English, there is no past form of must. You can either use var tvunget or blev nød til instead, as in jeg var tvunget til at ... = I had to...

	skulle - supposed to, will, should	burde - should, ought to	pleje - usually, used to	behøve - need to
present	skal	bør	plejer	behøver
past	skulle	burde	plejede	behøvede

Vi kan tale engelsk	We can speak english
Han kunne ikke spille	He could not play
Sven vil sove	Sven wants to sleep
Hun vil have kaffe	She wants coffee
Du må (gerne) ryge	You may smoke
De må (skal) gå hjem nu	They have to go home now
Du må ikke ryge	You may not smoke
Jeg plejer at drikke kaffe efter frokost	I usually drink coffee after lunch

Danish Phrases, Vocabulary, and Grammar with free audio