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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es darf What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es durfte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat gedurft The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Phrases With This Word
- Darf ich? May I?
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | darf | durfte | habe gedurft |
| du | darfst | durftest | hast gedurft |
| er/sie/es | darf | durfte | hat gedurft |
| wir | dürfen | durften | haben gedurft |
| ihr | dürft | durftet | habt gedurft |
| sie/Sie | dürfen | durften | haben gedurft |
- Präsens
- What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
- Präteritum
- The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfekt
- The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte gedurft | werde dürfen | werde gedurft haben |
| du | hattest gedurft | wirst dürfen | wirst gedurft haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte gedurft | wird dürfen | wird gedurft haben |
| wir | hatten gedurft | werden dürfen | werden gedurft haben |
| ihr | hattet gedurft | werdet dürfen | werdet gedurft haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten gedurft | werden dürfen | werden gedurft haben |
- Plusquamperfekt
- What had happened before another moment in the past.
- Futur I
- Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
- Futur II
- What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
| Person | Konjunktiv II |
|---|---|
| ich | dürfte |
| du | dürftest |
| er/sie/es | dürfte |
| wir | dürften |
| ihr | dürftet |
| sie/Sie | dürften |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
How the Word Is Built
dürf root en ending
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
In Otti's situations: Otti can and must
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