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Special Uses of Devoir

Devoir is one of the trickiest verbs to translate and use in French.  The following is a list of the different meanings of devoir used in various tenses.

Present Tense must, have to
probably		 Je dois étudier.
Il doit être malade.		 I must (have to) study.
He's probably sick.
Passé Composé had to (and did),
must have		 Il a dû partir. He had to leave.
Imperfect was supposed to,
used to have to		 Elle devait chanter ce soir. She was supposed to sing tonight.
Future will have to Tu devras payer l'argent. You will have to pay money.
Conditional should Vous devriez manger les fruits. You should eat fruits.
Past Conditional should have Ils auraient dû jouer. They should have played.
 

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