Zusammenfassung der Ressource
MUST
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
- Basically, "MUST" is a verb that means a thing you have the
obligation to do.
- EXAMPLES
- AFFIRMATIVE: you must stop your car in the red light
- They must be having fun at the amusement park
- TRANSLATION: eles devem estar se divertindo no parque de diversões
- TRANSLATION: você deve parar o carro no sinal vermelho
- When used in negative form (MUST NOT - MUSTN'T), it become a
prohibition
- NEGATIVE: you mustn't enter here with your dog
- TRANSLATION: você não pode entrar aqui com o seu cachorro
- There isn't a interrogative form neither a past form, to express the idea of obligation or
deduction in the past, you should use "HAVE TO"
- For example: I had to stay at work until 1 p.m. las night
- Translation: Eu tive que ficar no trabalho até uma da manhã noite passada
- To express a idea of deduction in the past, you shold use
the structure MUST + HAVE + VERB (in past participle)
- For example: That necklace must have cost more than three thousand dollar
- Translation: Aquele colar deve ter custado mais de três mil dólares
- Translating to portuguese, it means "DEVER"
- It has another meaning, that refers to something
that is probably happening, a deduction