Modalni glagoli nemaju vlastiti prošli oblik. Za prošlost: modalni glagol + have + particip.
| oblik | značenje | primjer |
|---|---|---|
| should have + particip | bilo bi dobro, ali nisi uradio (žaljenje, prijekor) | You should have told me. (Trebao si mi reći.) |
| must have + particip | skoro sam siguran da se desilo | The streets are wet — it must have rained. (Mora da je padala kiša.) |
| can't / couldn't have + particip | siguran sam da se nije desilo | She can't have seen us. (Nije nas mogla vidjeti.) |
| might / may / could have + particip | možda se desilo | He might have missed the train. (Možda je propustio voz.) |
| could have + particip | bilo je moguće, ali se nije desilo | You could have hurt yourself! (Mogao si se povrijediti!) |
| would have + particip | zamišljena prošlost (kondicional 3) | I would have helped you. (Pomogao bih ti.) |
| needn't have + particip | uradio si, ali nije bilo potrebno | You needn't have brought a gift. (Nisi morao donijeti poklon.) |
Za stvarnu obavezu ili sposobnost u prošlosti: had to (I had to work late — morao sam raditi do kasno), could / was able to (I could swim at five — znao sam plivati s pet godina; I was able to fix it — uspio sam to popraviti, jednom), didn't have to (nije bilo potrebno, pa nisam).
U govoru se „have“ skraćuje: should've, must've, could've — nikad ne piši „should of“.
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