Though normally not capitalized in English, the term schadenfreude is sometimes capitalized to mimic German-language convention, as German nouns are always capitalized. The corresponding German adjective is schadenfroh.he term  compersion , taking joy in the joy of loved ones, is generally considered an antonym of schadenfreude. In Chinese, the phrase å¹¸ç¾ä¹ç¥¸ literally translates to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster, and serves the same meaning as schadenfreude.
Helping verbs or auxiliary verbs such as will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need are used in conjunction with main verbs to express shades of time and mood. The combination of helping verbs with main verbs creates what are called verb phrases or verb strings.
For the possible use of would in the condition clause, see Use of will and would in condition clauses. Occasionally, with a first person subject, would is replaced with should. In the main clause, the auxiliary would can be replaced by could or might, as described for the second conditional.he fourth is an example of the use of will in a condition clause (for more such cases, see below). The use of verb tenses, moods and aspects in the parts of such sentences follows general principles, as described in Uses of English verb forms.