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want to wanted to will want to would have wanted to
kan kon sal kan sou kon
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can could will be able to would have been able to
moet moes sal moet sou moes
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have to had to will have to would have had to
mag mag(mog) sal mag sou mog
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may [permission] was allowed to will be allowed to would have been allowed to
het
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did
SAL
(Future: Ek sal werk.) (Conditional: Ek sou werk, maar my voet is seer) (Future: Ek gaan boeke koop.)*
WIL
(Modal: Ek wil eet, ek is honger.) (Past: Ek wou eet, maar daar wasnie kos nie.) (Fut: Ek sal later wil eet.) (Cond: Ek sou wou geëet het, maar daar was nie kos nie.)
KAN
(Modal: Ek kan Afrikaans praat.) (Past: Ek kon Afrikaans praat, maar ek het dit vergeet.) (Fut: Ek sal Afr. kan praat as jy my help.) (Cond. Ek sou Afr. kon praat, maar jy het nie gehelp nie.)
MOET
(Modal: Ek moet die president sien!) (Past: Ek moes die president sien!) (Fut: EK sal die president moet sien.) (Cond. Ek sou die pres. moes sien, maar hy was weg.)
MAG
(Modal: Jy mag al die kos eet.) (Past: Ek mog al die kos eet.) (Fut: Ek sal mag praat.) (Cond. Ek sou mog praat, maar daar was nie tyd nie.)
HET
(Past: Ek het gewerk.)
* GAAN
GAAN could be a present tense verb, to which you can add any of the other modals (kan, wil, mag, moet