Defective Auxiliary Verbs

Question 1

Kaphatok még egy csésze kávét?

Answer 1

May/can I have another cup of coffee?

Question 2

Kaphatnék még egy csésze teát?

Answer 2

Might I have another cup of tea?

Question 3

Azt kérdezte, hogy kaphat-e még egy csésze teát?

Answer 3

Ha asked whether he might/could have another cup of tea.

Question 4

Biztos azért ment haza, hogy ne lássam.

Answer 4

He must have gone home so that I should not see him.

Question 5

Biztos azért ment haza, hogy ne láthassam.

Answer 5

He must have gone home so that I cannot see him.

Question 6

Megtarthatod a könyvet.

Answer 6

You may keep the book.

Question 7

Megtarthattad volna a könyvet.

Answer 7

You could have kept the book. You might have kept the book.

Question 8

Meg kellett volna tartanod a könyvet.

Answer 8

You should have kept the book.

Question 9

Nem fogok tudni elmenni a megbeszélt időpontra.

Answer 9

I shall not be able to keep the appointment.

Question 10

Lehet, hogy nincs igazam.

Answer 10

I may be wrong.

Question 11

Lehet, hogy Tom nem tudott róla.

Answer 11

Tom may not have known about it.

Question 12

Biztos/bizonyára látták, hogy bementem a házba.

Answer 12

They must have seen me go into the house. They must have seen me going into the house. I must have been seen entering the house. I must have been seen enter the house.

Question 13

Nyilván/bizonyára jó mérnök.

Answer 13

He must be a good engineer.

Question 14

Nyilván/bizonyára jó mérnök volt.

Answer 14

He must have been a good engineer.

Question 15

Sehogy sem tudtam kinyitni az ajtót.

Answer 15

I could not get the door open.

Question 16

Sehogyan sem tudtam kinyitni az ajtót.

Answer 16

I could not open the door in any ways.

Question 17

Nem tudtam Joeval kinyittatni az ajtót.

Answer 17

I could not have Joe open the door.

Question 18

Nem szabad kezet fognod vele.

Answer 18

You may not shake hands with him. You must not shake hands with him.

Question 19

Nyilván megbukott a vizsgán.

Answer 19

He must have failed in (passing) his examination.

Question 20

Lehetett látni, hogy beteg.

Answer 20

It could be seen that he was ill. One could see (that) he was ill.

Question 21

Akárki mondta neked, bizonyára tévedett.

Answer 21

Whoever told you must have been wrong.

Question 22

Bizonyára nem látta az út szélét.

Answer 22

He cannot have seen the edge of the road.

Question 23

A következő megállónál kell leszállnia.

Answer 23

You must get off at the next stop.

Question 24

Legalább negyven évesnek kell lennie.

Answer 24

He must be forty at least.

Question 25

Nem kell mindent elolvasnod.

Answer 25

You need not read everything.

Question 26

Telefonáljak a szállodába?

Answer 26

Shall I phone to the hotel?

Question 27

Hová menjünk ebédelni?

Answer 27

Where shall we go for lunch? Where shall we go to have lunch?

Question 28

Hogy mersz így beszélni egy tanárral?

Answer 28

How dare you speak to a teacher like that!