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The way modal particles are used and when they are used, is very complex indeed, and it might be said that they form a kind of criterion of the speaker's grasp of the German [[colloquial speech|colloquial]]. If he uses the modal particles correctly he may be said to be in command of conversational German.
There are thirty or so modal particles in German, and a list is included of the most commonly-used words in alphabetical order. Each example shows first an explanation of the intention behind its use, followed by a short German phrase demonstrating it if possible and the nearest English equivalent - never a precise one as that would be probably impossible. It must also be born in mind that the full citation of each word could not be incorporated in anything less than a full-scale essay, and an encyclopedia entry cannot really do justice to such a task.
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