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Bones

You know the words.Learn the bones.

Master the few patterns that hold sentences together. Then put the words you need into them and speak.

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Real lesson excerptA2 · Lesson 25

Say what someone can, must, may, or wants to do

Use these frequent helpers to say whether an action is possible, necessary, permitted, or intended.

Choose can, must, may, or want

Use kunnen (can), moeten (must), mogen (may), and willen (want). In sentences, these helpers change form: kan, moet, mag, and wil. This is a small helper family, not the regular pattern for ordinary actions.

Ikwerken.

I can work.

Try each meaning in the coloured word, or open the full set.

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Learn a sentence. Reuse its pattern.

Each interaction reveals one useful choice. Everything else stays calm so the pattern sticks.

  1. Start complete

    Hear and understand the whole sentence.

  2. Change one part

    Swap a word or compare a structural change.

  3. Reuse the pattern

    Put the words you need into the structure.

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