Modal verbs: sollen

sollen - to be supposed to/ should

Present Tense		Imperfect Tense
ich soll	I am supposed to	ich sollte	I was supposed to
du sollst	you are supposed to	du solltest	you were supposed to
er/sie/es soll	he/she/it is supposed to	er/sie/es sollte	he/she/it was supposed to
wir sollen	we are supposed to	wir sollten	we were supposed to
ihr sollt	you (pl) are supposed to	ihr solltet	you (pl) were supposed to
sie sollen	they are supposed to	sie sollten	they were supposed to

Past Participle: gesollt (or sollen when with an infinitive)

Example:

Er soll das Essen kochen.                        He is supposed to make dinner.

Wir sollen nicht so viel trinken.                We are not supposed to drink so much.

Task

Learn the forms.