{"id":137,"date":"2022-09-03T21:52:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.dansk.ninja\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2022-10-19T20:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:54:57","slug":"modal-verbs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/grammar-descriptions\/modal-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Modal Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Typical\u00a0verbs\u00a0refer\u00a0to actions or\u00a0states\u00a0like\u00a0<em>running<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>standing<\/em>.\u00a0They\u00a0can\u00a0easily\u00a0be\u00a0illustrated\u00a0in a\u00a0photograph\u00a0or\u00a0portrayed\u00a0in a video\u00a0because\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0real and true of the\u00a0now. Modal\u00a0verbs, on the\u00a0other\u00a0hand,\u00a0are\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0refer\u00a0to actions and\u00a0states\u00a0that\u00a0are\u00a0not real at the moment \u2013 \u201dthe moment\u201d\u00a0usually\u00a0referring\u00a0to the time of speech. Modal\u00a0verbs\u00a0are\u00a0used\u00a0together\u00a0with\u00a0regular\u00a0verbs\u00a0to\u00a0describe\u00a0various\u00a0types of\u00a0possible\u00a0scenarioes\u00a0which\u00a0we\u00a0can\u00a0imagine, but\u00a0which\u00a0have\u00a0yet\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0place.\u00a0Examples\u00a0are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dCan&nbsp;you&nbsp;play&nbsp;the guitar?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ability)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dCan I have&nbsp;your&nbsp;number?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(permission)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dWill&nbsp;your&nbsp;friend&nbsp;be&nbsp;joining&nbsp;us?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(prediction)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201dWill&nbsp;you&nbsp;let&nbsp;him&nbsp;know?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(intention)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dMay I&nbsp;see&nbsp;your&nbsp;ticket,&nbsp;please?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(permission)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dMay&nbsp;he&nbsp;have&nbsp;mercy&nbsp;on&nbsp;our&nbsp;souls\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(hope)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dShould&nbsp;we&nbsp;invite&nbsp;them&nbsp;as&nbsp;well?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(moral obligation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;trouble&nbsp;is,&nbsp;that&nbsp;while&nbsp;Danish has modal&nbsp;verbs&nbsp;just&nbsp;like&nbsp;English, and in&nbsp;fact&nbsp;many&nbsp;of&nbsp;them&nbsp;look and sound the same,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;used&nbsp;in the same&nbsp;way.&nbsp;That&nbsp;is, Danish and English&nbsp;often&nbsp;use&nbsp;different&nbsp;modal&nbsp;verbs&nbsp;for the same purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An&nbsp;example&nbsp;is Danish \u201dkan\u201d and English \u201dcan\u201d. In English, \u201dcan\u201d&nbsp;expresses&nbsp;permission,&nbsp;ability&nbsp;and&nbsp;possiblity, but in Danish \u201dkan\u201d&nbsp;expresses&nbsp;only&nbsp;ability&nbsp;and&nbsp;possiblity. So&nbsp;many&nbsp;learners&nbsp;will&nbsp;say&nbsp;something&nbsp;like&nbsp;(1a)&nbsp;intending&nbsp;the&nbsp;meaning&nbsp;in (1b). But&nbsp;what&nbsp;(1a)&nbsp;actually&nbsp;means, is (1c).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;kan biler k\u00f8re over 110 km\/t p\u00e5 motorvejen?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;are&nbsp;cars&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;to drive over 110 km\/h on the&nbsp;freeway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;are&nbsp;cars&nbsp;able&nbsp;to drive over 110 km\/h on the&nbsp;freeway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same&nbsp;way,&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;compare&nbsp;Danish \u2019vil\u2019 and English \u2019will\u2019. In English, \u2019will\u2019&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;express&nbsp;simple future, plans,&nbsp;predictions&nbsp;and&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;desire,&nbsp;while&nbsp;Danish \u2019vil\u2019 has all the same&nbsp;uses&nbsp;except&nbsp;that&nbsp;it is&nbsp;rarely&nbsp;used&nbsp;for the simple future. So&nbsp;many&nbsp;learners&nbsp;will&nbsp;say&nbsp;something&nbsp;like&nbsp;(2a),&nbsp;while&nbsp;intending&nbsp;the&nbsp;meaning&nbsp;in (2b), but&nbsp;what&nbsp;(2b)&nbsp;actually&nbsp;means&nbsp;is (2c).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;jeg vil spise aftensmad p\u00e5 restaurant i dag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019ll&nbsp;eat&nbsp;dinner&nbsp;at a restaurant&nbsp;today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;eat&nbsp;dinner&nbsp;at a restaurant&nbsp;today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s&nbsp;important&nbsp;to stress,&nbsp;that&nbsp;these&nbsp;are&nbsp;not rare cases of mismatches,&nbsp;that&nbsp;I have dug out for the purpose of&nbsp;illustrating&nbsp;differences between English and Danish. Using Danish modal&nbsp;verbs&nbsp;with the&nbsp;intended&nbsp;meanings&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;English&nbsp;equivalents&nbsp;will&nbsp;result&nbsp;in&nbsp;errors&nbsp;more&nbsp;often&nbsp;than&nbsp;not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As in English, Danish modal&nbsp;verbs&nbsp;are&nbsp;followed&nbsp;by a&nbsp;regular&nbsp;verb&nbsp;in the bare&nbsp;infinitive&nbsp;form,&nbsp;which&nbsp;is the form&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;find in the&nbsp;dictionary, not the \u201dto-infinitive\u201d the Danish&nbsp;equivalent&nbsp;being&nbsp;\u201dat-infinitiv\u201d,&nbsp;e.g. (3a-d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;min s\u00f8ster&nbsp;kan&nbsp;<strong>spille<\/strong>&nbsp;guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my&nbsp;sister&nbsp;can&nbsp;play&nbsp;the guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vi&nbsp;vil&nbsp;<strong>k\u00f8be<\/strong>&nbsp;et piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;buy&nbsp;a piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contrast the above examples with (4a-d) using &#8220;at-infinitiv&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;min s\u00f8ster begynder&nbsp;<strong>at spille<\/strong>&nbsp;guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my&nbsp;sister&nbsp;begins&nbsp;to&nbsp;play&nbsp;the guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vi elsker&nbsp;<strong>at danse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we love to dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modal verbs in Danish and English<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to stress, that the below chart and description of usage does not apply to conversation where speakers are applying intentional (illocutionary) force. This means, in short, that modal verbs can be used more freely and with more variation in conversation when e.g. ordering, suggesting, convincing, offering something to someone etc. The description applies more strictly to text or conversation that conveys information in a more neutral (locutionary) way. As an example of this distinction, consider the following example in (5a) which amounts to a neutral description of the girl&#8217;s abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(5a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;den lille pige&nbsp;<strong>kan<\/strong>&nbsp;g\u00e5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(5b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the little girl can walk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now contrast that with (6a-b) which constitute polite orders, given to a child by an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(6a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>kan<\/strong>&nbsp;du g\u00e5 udenfor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(6b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>vil<\/strong>&nbsp;du g\u00e5 udenfor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(6c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can\/will you go outside (please)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is absolutely no difference in content nor intention between the two examples in (6a-b) despite the difference in choice of modal verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Danish<\/strong><\/td><td>Use<\/td><td><strong>English<\/strong><\/td><td>Use<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kan \/ kunne<\/td><td>ability<br>possibility<\/td><td>can \/ could<\/td><td>ability<br>possibility<br>permission<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>vil \/ ville<\/td><td>desire<br>plan<br>prediction<\/td><td>will \/ would<\/td><td>future<br>plan<br>prediction<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>skal \/ skulle<\/td><td>plan<br>obligation<\/td><td>shall\/should<\/td><td>obligation<br>recommendation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>m\u00e5 \/ m\u00e5tte<\/td><td>permission<br>obligation<br>inference<\/td><td>may \/ might<\/td><td>permission<br>possibility<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typical\u00a0verbs\u00a0refer\u00a0to actions or\u00a0states\u00a0like\u00a0running\u00a0or\u00a0standing.\u00a0They\u00a0can\u00a0easily\u00a0be\u00a0illustrated\u00a0in a\u00a0photograph\u00a0or\u00a0portrayed\u00a0in a video\u00a0because\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0real and true of the\u00a0now. Modal\u00a0verbs, on the\u00a0other\u00a0hand,\u00a0are\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0refer\u00a0to actions and\u00a0states\u00a0that\u00a0are\u00a0not real at the moment \u2013 \u201dthe moment\u201d\u00a0usually\u00a0referring\u00a0to the time of speech. Modal\u00a0verbs\u00a0are\u00a0used\u00a0together\u00a0with\u00a0regular\u00a0verbs\u00a0to\u00a0describe\u00a0various\u00a0types of\u00a0possible\u00a0scenarioes\u00a0which\u00a0we\u00a0can\u00a0imagine, but\u00a0which\u00a0have\u00a0yet\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0place.\u00a0Examples\u00a0are: \u201dCan&nbsp;you&nbsp;play&nbsp;the guitar?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ability) \u201dCan I have&nbsp;your&nbsp;number?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(permission) \u201dWill&nbsp;your&nbsp;friend&nbsp;be&nbsp;joining&nbsp;us?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(prediction) &nbsp;\u201dWill&nbsp;you&nbsp;let&nbsp;him&nbsp;know?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(intention) \u201dMay I&nbsp;see&nbsp;your&nbsp;ticket,&nbsp;please?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(permission) \u201dMay&nbsp;he&nbsp;have&nbsp;mercy&nbsp;on&nbsp;our&nbsp;souls\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(hope) \u201dShould&nbsp;we&nbsp;invite&nbsp;them&nbsp;as&nbsp;well?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(moral obligation) The&nbsp;trouble&nbsp;is,&nbsp;that&nbsp;while&nbsp;Danish has modal&nbsp;verbs&nbsp;just&nbsp;like&nbsp;English, and in&nbsp;fact&nbsp;many&nbsp;of&nbsp;them&nbsp;look and sound the same,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;used&nbsp;in the same&nbsp;way.&nbsp;That&nbsp;is, Danish and English&nbsp;often&nbsp;use&nbsp;different&nbsp;modal&nbsp;verbs&nbsp;for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/grammar-descriptions\/modal-verbs\/\">L\u00e6s mere <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Modal Verbs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":148,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/593"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansk.ninja\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}