| 
  • If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.

  • You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

View
 

should

Page history last edited by Jens Wilkinson 17 years, 5 months ago

1.

v. ought to

n. ?

 

Click here to see more translations

 


 

East-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
hua普通话
wu 吳語
yue粤语
hak客家
min閩方言
kor한국어
jpn日本語 ーべき-beki
vieTiếng Việt
taiไทย
myaဗမာစာ

 

Indo-European languages

 

European languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
ellελληνικά
deuDeutsch
engEnglish should, ought to
frafrançais
itaitaliano
eslespañol
porportuguês
polpolski
ukrукраїнська
rusрусский

 

Indo-Iranian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
benবাংলা
gujગુજરાતી
hinहिन्दी
marमराठी
panਪੰਜਾਬੀ
urdاردو
fasفارسی

 

Dravidian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
kanಕನ್ನಡ
telతెలుగు
tamதமிழ்

 

Austronesian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
indbahasa Indonesia
javbasa Jawa
tgltagalog

 

Ural-Altaic languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
finsuomi
hunmagyar
turTürkçe

 

Afro-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
araالعربية
amhአማርኛ
ormoromoo
hauhausa

 

Niger-Congo languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
manmandingo
fulfulfulde
yorYorùbá
iboigbo
konkikongo
linlingála
rwakinyarwanda
swakiswahili
zulisizulu

 

Amerindian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
grnavañe'ẽ
querunasimi

 

2.

v. is likely to

n. ?

 


 

East-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
hua普通话
wu 吳語
yue粤语
hak客家
min閩方言
kor한국어
jpn日本語 はずhazu
vieTiếng Việt
taiไทย
myaဗမာစာ

 

Indo-European languages

 

European languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
ellελληνικά
deuDeutsch
engEnglish should
frafrançais
itaitaliano
eslespañol
porportuguês
polpolski
ukrукраїнська
rusрусский

 

Indo-Iranian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
benবাংলা
gujગુજરાતી
hinहिन्दी
marमराठी
panਪੰਜਾਬੀ
urdاردو
fasفارسی

 

Dravidian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
kanಕನ್ನಡ
telతెలుగు
tamதமிழ்

 

Austronesian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
indbahasa Indonesia
javbasa Jawa
tgltagalog

 

Ural-Altaic languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
finsuomi
hunmagyar
turTürkçe

 

Afro-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
araالعربية
amhአማርኛ
ormoromoo
hauhausa

 

Niger-Congo languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
manmandingo
fulfulfulde
yorYorùbá
iboigbo
konkikongo
linlingála
rwakinyarwanda
swakiswahili
zulisizulu

 

Amerindian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
grnavañe'ẽ
querunasimi

Comments (3)

Risto Kupsala said

at 4:09 pm on Nov 21, 2006

Does this page differ from "must" somehow?

Anonymous said

at 7:27 pm on Nov 29, 2006

You are right, I haven't noticed it. English uses "must" with orders, and "should" with suggestions. French uses only one verb ("devoir"), but a special tense is used for suggestions.

Jens Wilkinson said

at 5:03 am on Nov 30, 2006

Yes, English has different words for necessity and for recommendation. I don't know if it would be necessary to separate them in an IAL, but just for the definition they can be separate.

You don't have permission to comment on this page.