| 8.2.6 Verneinung im simple past |
Bisher haben wir uns ja nur positive Sätze angesehen, die im simple past stehen. Was ist aber nun, wenn man mal etwas verneinen möchte, was man ohnehin immer mal machen sollte.
Das Prinzip funktioniert genauso, wie die Verneinung im simple present. Es wird (außer bei to be) ein Hilfsverb benutzt. Wenn der Satz noch kein Modalverb enthält und auch keines enthalten soll, wird die Verneinung mit dem simple past von to do gebildet. Das Vollverb geht wieder in den Infinitiv zurück:
| Beispiele | ||
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In 1980 I went
to school.
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In 1980 I did not go to school. |  |
| He
bought a
bike last month. |
He did not buy a bike last month. | |
| The
school was
still red, yesterday. |
The school was not red still yesterday. | |
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He played
the piano on Monday.
|
He did not play the piano on Monday. | |
| Yesterday she gave him a present. | Yesterday she did not give him a present. |
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| It was dark and cold, when he came out of the house. | It was not dark and cold, when he did not come out of the house. | |
| I read a book the day before yesterday. | I did not read a book the day before yesterday. |
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| They saw the light at the end of the tunnel last year. | They did not see the light at the end of the tunnel last year. |
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Dann gibt es natürlich noch die theoretische Möglichkeit, eine Verneinung mit einem der Modalverben zu bilden. Da aber die Form des simple past der modalen Hilfsverben mit der Bedeutung des Konditional belegt ist (siehe auch Kapitel 8.2.5), müssten auch hier die eben dort vorgestellten Umschreibungen genutzt werden, um eine Verneinung zu erreichen. Diese jedoch funktionieren dann wie bereits beschrieben.
| Beispiele | ||
| Modalverb => Vergangenheit der Umschreibung | ||
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can => was able to
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In 1980 I was not able to go to school. |
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| shall => was to |
He was not to buy a bike (he did it anyway). |
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| must => had to | Yesterday she did not have to give him a present. |
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to may => was allowed to
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They were not allowed to cross the border. |
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| to will => wanted to | I didn't want to do it all over again. |
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