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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
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- Adverb
- Article
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- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Indirect speech
Indirect requests/demands
A request/demand in the imperative mood is reported in the indirect speech with the modal verbs sollen or mögen. Sollen is used to express a demand, mögen a request.
request/demand (imperative) | indirect request/demand | |
Sag mir die Wahrheit! | Ich habe sie aufgefordert, sie solle mir die Wahrheit sagen. | |
Ich habe sie gebeten, sie möge mir die Wahrheit sagen. |
In this function, modal verbs are used only in the Konjunktiv I / II.