Umbrean/Lessons/20 Modality

Modality expresses the neccesity and possibility of things, here we will go through how they are formed.


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!rowspan="2"| Name ! colspan=2| Umbrean ! colspan=3| English !width="75" colspan="1"|Method !width="120" colspan="1"|Used !width="100"| Past !width="100"| Present !width="100"| Future !Ability/Availability !Requests !Permission !Possibility !Impossibility !Advisability !Expectation !Necessity !Lack of Necessity !Prohibition !Logical Deduction
 * could, was/were able to
 * can, am/is/are able to
 * will be able to
 * can, am/is/are able to
 * will be able to
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 * colspan="2"|can, could, will, would
 * colspan="2"|can, could, will, would
 * could, was/were allowed to
 * may, can, could, am/is/are allowed to
 * will be allowed to
 * may have, might have, could have
 * colspan="2"|may, might, could
 * may have, might have, could have
 * colspan="2"|may, might, could
 * couldn’t have
 * colspan="2"|couldn’t, can’t
 * couldn’t have
 * colspan="2"|couldn’t, can’t
 * should have, ought to have, had better have
 * colspan="2"|should, ought to, had better
 * should have, ought to have, had better have
 * colspan="2"|should, ought to, had better
 * should have, ought to have
 * colspan="2"|should, ought to
 * should have, ought to have
 * colspan="2"|should, ought to
 * had to
 * must, have to, has to
 * will have to
 * must, have to, has to
 * will have to
 * didn’t have to
 * don’t have to, doesn’t have to
 * won’t have to
 * don’t have to, doesn’t have to
 * won’t have to
 * could not
 * colspan="2"|must not, may not, cannot
 * could not
 * colspan="2"|must not, may not, cannot
 * must have, have to have, has to have
 * must, have to, has to
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 * must, have to, has to
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The method which is used is on the chart to the right with english equialence and examples to the left, the tense/aspect is done like normally in umbrean verbs
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