- grammar: Modal Verbs - obligation (must/have to) & permission (may/allowed to)
- speaking: "(unwritten) rules on the bus / in a restaurant / in a public swimming pool"
Generally, MODAL VERBS can have the followin FUNCTIONS:
- PERMISSION (Erlaubnis): may, be allowed to
- OBLIGATION (Verpflichtung): must, have to
- ABILITY (Fähigkeit): can, be able to
- POSSIBILITY (Möglichkeit): can, could, may, might
- PROBABILITY (Wahrscheinlichkeit): can, could, may, might
- VETO (Einspruch, Widersprechen): should / shouldn't, ought to, mustn't, ...
- ADVICE / SUGGESTION (Ratschlag / Vorschlag): should, could, might, ...
- and for POLITENESS (Höflichkeit): could, should, would, ...
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