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Sentence

Ja, du darfst.

Translation

Yes, you may.



Analysis


Ja
     n. a yes
     adv. yes; yea, yeah, aye
     adv. (intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact)
     interj. yes
du
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
darfst
     v. second-person singular present of dürfen
     dürfen
          v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may
          v. to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may
          v. (subjunctive ii, auxiliary) Expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable.
          v. (colloquial) to must, to have to
          v. (obsolete, transitive, with genitive) to need, to require




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