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A2 — Elementary · 19

Modal Verbs in the Past Tense

Express past obligations, abilities, permissions, and intentions using modal verbs in Präteritum (musste, konnte, wollte, durfte, sollte).

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📋

musste

had to / must (past)

💪

konnte

could / was able to

🎯

wollte

wanted to

🚪

durfte

was allowed to

📝

sollte

was supposed to

❤️

mochte

liked to (past)

💼

mussten

they/we had to

🏊‍♂️

konnten

they/we could