Shall

//ʃəl//

Synonyms for "shall" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (1)

Related words (3)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Translations

56 translations across 21 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • да verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • ще verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zullen verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • u verb (indicating determination or obligation)

French

4 entries
  • devoir verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • informally verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • or verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • tu iras au bal! verb (indicating determination or obligation)

German

3 entries
  • sollen verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • sollen verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • werden verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Italian

2 entries
  • dovere verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • essere obbligato di verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ましょうか verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • ものとする verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • ようか verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)

Kapampangan

4 entries
  • daka? verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • dakata? verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • dakayo? verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • danaka? verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)

Korean

4 entries
  • ᆯ까 verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • ᆯ까요 verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • 야 되다 verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • 야 하다 verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Latin

1 entries
  • debeo verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Malay

1 entries
  • akan verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • skal verb (indicating the simple future tense)
  • skulle verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • skulle verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)

Old English

1 entries
  • sculan verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Old Saxon

1 entries
  • skulan verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Polish

1 entries
  • powinien verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • dever verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • precisar verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Russian

4 entries
  • до́лжен verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • должна́ verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • должно́ verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • должны́ verb (indicating determination or obligation)

Scots

1 entries
  • sall verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ska verb (indicating the simple future tense)
  • ska verb (indicating determination or obligation)
  • ska verb (in questions to suggest a possible future action)
  • skall verb (indicating the simple future tense)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • sille verb (indicating the simple future tense)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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You shall have a bicycle for your birthday.

Source: tatoeba (17000)

You shall have a nice present.

Source: tatoeba (17458)

You shall want for nothing.

Source: tatoeba (17501)

You shall have a reward.

Source: tatoeba (17558)

Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.

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