Modal Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs

can — ability

I can swim / She can speak French / Can you drive?

kan

cannot / can't — inability

I can't drive / He can't cook / We can't come tonight

kant

will — future tense

I will come tomorrow / It will rain / She will help you

wil

will not / won't

I won't be late / She won't come / They won't agree

wohnt

should — advice

You should eat vegetables / You should study more / You should see a doctor

shood

must — strong obligation

You must stop at red lights / You must have a passport to travel

must

have to — external obligation

I have to work tomorrow / She has to leave at 8 — external rule

would like — polite request

I would like a coffee / Would you like some water?

may / might — possibility

It may rain today / She might come / I might be wrong

could — polite request / past ability

Could you help me? / I could swim when I was young