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Konjunktiv II: past and modal verbs

B2

Ich hätte kommen können. With Konjunktiv II of the past you express regret, missed opportunities and hypotheses about earlier events — including the modal verb forms.

  • Subjunctive II, past (hätte/wäre + past participle)
  • Subjunctive II of modal verbs

Exercises

Grammar in context

Read these texts to consolidate what you learned. They fit this grammar lesson especially well.