Therefore, always be conscious of when to use the present and when to use the past. Past modals stating the present Interestingly, while the present modals do not normally express the past modals ...

ihr dürft you may, you are allowed to (plural, informal) Sie dürfen you may, you are allowed to (singular or plural, formal) sie dürfen they may, they are allowed to ...

Here the distinction of can for present scenarios and could for past situations is preserved: He could read by the time he was four years old and now he can speak six languages fluently. I couldn’t ...