| Which
of the following sentences are correct? |
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| The conditional is
only used in conditional clauses. |
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| The
reported speech always uses the conjunctive
I as long as its form is not ambiguous. |
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| In the reported speech
the conditional can never occur. |
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| The
modal verbs have a conditional. |
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| The third person singular
is never ambiguous. |
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| The
conjunctive I is formed by appending the
suffixes to the present stem of the verb. |
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| The conjunctive II
is formed by appending the suffixes to the
past stem of the verb. |
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| The
stem for the conjunctive II for strong verbs
is formed by changing the vowels of the
past stem. |
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| Within the conditional
clauses three different types can be distinguished:
Irrealis of the past, Irrealis of the present
and Realis of the present. |
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| According
to the rule the conditional can always be
used instead of the conjunctive I. |
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| According to the rule
the conjunctive II is used if the conjunctive
I is identical to the present indicative. |
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| According
to the rule the conditional is used if the
conditional II sounds strange or is identical
to the imperfect. |
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| It is very common to
use the simple conjunctive of the verb sein. |
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| The
conditional of sein is never used because
the conjunctive is not ambiguous and Germans
do regularly use it (and know it quite well). |
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| The conjunctive I is
used for conditional clauses. |
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| In
English as well as in German the indicative
is used for reported speech. |
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| In German the tense
of the introductory verb is not important. |
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| In
English the tense of the introductory verb
is not important. |
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| In German verbs of
hope or insecurity can be used with indicative
and with conjunctive. |
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| In
English as well as in German the condition
in a Irrealis of the past is expressed with
the conditional. |
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| In German the Irrealis
of the past can be formed with the conjunctive
II in both parts of the sentence, the one
containing the condition and the main clause. |
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| A
phrase of the type Realis of the present
is formed with the indicative form. |
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| Actions that occur
before the point of the narrative are expressed
with the compound conjunctive I or conjunctive
II with orientation to the past. |
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| Actions
that occur at the same time with the narrative
are formed with the simple conjunctive I
or conjunctive II. |
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| Actions that occur
after the narrative are expressed with the
compound conjunctive I or conjunctive II
with orientation to the future. |
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| Modal verbs and the verb sein do have a distinctive conjunctive I and conjunctive II. Still they can form a conditional if the emphasis is on the fact the action occurs after the point of speaking. |
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