Inf. _Wollen_, to will. Ind. Pref. Ich will, I will. Wir wollen,[109] we will. Imper. Ich wolte, I would. Preterit. Ich habe gewolt, I have would, or willed. Plup. Ich hatte gewolt, I had would. Fut. Ich werde wollen, I shall will. Imp. Wolle du, will thou. Subj. _Ich wolle_, (if) I would, &c. Inf. Wollen, to will. Gewolte haben, to have would, or willed. Part. Wollend, willing. Gewollte, having would, or willed. _Sollen_, to shall, is inflected in the same manner. _Koennen_, to can, or be able, is inflected much in the same manner. _Ich kann_, I can, &c. Imperfect, _Ich konnte_, I could. Preterit, _Ich habe gehonnt_, I have could (or been able.) Participle, _Kænnend_, _canning_, being able. Thus _mægen_, to may, makes, in the past tenses, _Ich mochte_, I might or mought, as the vulgar sometimes pronounce it; _Ich habe gemocht_, _I have might_. _Must_ also, which in English has lost all inflection, is varied in the German; _mussen_, to must, or be obliged; Imperfect, _Ich muste_, I must, or was obliged. But whatever these verbs may have once been, yet from their loss of several inflections and the participles, with their singular use in combination with other verbs, they may very well be denominated _auxiliary verbs_. Their true force in English should be ascertained and explained in grammars for the benefit of learners, and particularly for the assistance of foreigners;[110] yet in resolving sentences, each should be considered as a verb or distinct part of speech. For want of a clear and accurate knowlege of the English auxiliaries, foreigners are apt to fall into material errors in constructing sentences. The most numerous errors appear in the use of _will_ and _shall_, and their inflections. The Scots and Irish, even of the first rank, generally use _will_ for _shall_ in the first person; by which means, they substitute a _promise_ for an intended _prediction_. Several errors of this kind have escaped the notice of the most celebrated writers. "Without having attended to this, we _will_ be at a loss in understanding several passages in the classics, which relate to the public speaking, and the theatrical entertainments of the ancients."----Blair's Lectures, p. 48. Philad. edit. "In the Latin language, there are no two words, we _would_ more readily take to be synonimous, than _amare_ and _diligere_."----The same, p. 83. In these and several other instances which occur in Blair's writings, the words _will_ and _would_ are used very improperly, for _shall_ and _should_. The author means only to _foretell_ certain events, and has employed words which carry, to an English ear, the full force of a _promise_.