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What is the difference between sollen and sollten ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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I don't know the grammatical terms but I use "sollen" when I mean someone must or should do something. "Sollten" is less harsh, I use it when I think someone should do something but it's not required. Also it sounds more politely.
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"Sollten" is like the English "should" and "soll" is like the English "shall".
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'Sollte' is the subjunctive. Just remember that it means 'should' or 'ought to' in the sense of being advisable, recommendable, a good idea. 'Soll' is the indicative and means 'is supposed to' or just 'is to,' in the sense of being firmly expected, of being required.
Du sollst es tun = you are supposed to do it, you are to do it, you shall do it
Du solltest es tun = you ought to do it, you should do it
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