Devoir: « je dois partir »= I ought to go, I must go, and also ? « I should go »? Or is the last of these « je devrais partir »?

TedC1Kwiziq community member

Devoir: « je dois partir »= I ought to go, I must go, and also ? « I should go »? Or is the last of these « je devrais partir »?

Asked 5 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Ted,

Je dois partir = I must/have to go 

Je devrais partir I should go/ I ought to go 

Hope this helps!

TedC1Kwiziq community member
Merci, Cécile! I guess the quality of the word "should" in English in this case is more the flavour of  the conditional "would", as in "I should or ought to or would go, but...."

Devoir: « je dois partir »= I ought to go, I must go, and also ? « I should go »? Or is the last of these « je devrais partir »?

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