Shall
//ʃəl//
Translations of "shall" (21 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | да(in questions to suggest a possible future action), ще(indicating the simple future tense) | da, šte | |
| Dutch | zullen(indicating the simple future tense) | — | |
| Esperanto | u(indicating determination or obligation) | — | |
| French | devoir(indicating determination or obligation), informally(in questions to suggest a possible future action), or(in questions to suggest a possible future action), tu iras au bal!(indicating determination or obligation), être obligé de(indicating determination or obligation) | — | |
| German | sollen(indicating determination or obligation), sollen(in questions to suggest a possible future action), werden(indicating the simple future tense) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽(indicating determination or obligation) | skulan | |
| Italian | dovere(indicating determination or obligation), essere obbligato di(indicating determination or obligation) | — | |
| Japanese | ましょうか(in questions to suggest a possible future action), ものとする(indicating determination or obligation), ようか(in questions to suggest a possible future action) | -mashōka, -mono to suru, -yōka | |
| Kapampangan | daka?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), dakata?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), dakayo?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), danaka?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), danakata?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), danakayo?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), dapat(indicating the simple future tense), dapat(indicating determination or obligation), kailangan(indicating the simple future tense), kailangan(indicating determination or obligation), kata?(in questions to suggest a possible future action), ko?(in questions to suggest a possible future action) | — | |
| Korean | ᆯ까(in questions to suggest a possible future action), ᆯ까요(in questions to suggest a possible future action), 야 되다(indicating determination or obligation), 야 하다(indicating determination or obligation) | -lkka, -lkkayo, -ya doeda, -ya hada | |
| Latin | debeo(indicating determination or obligation) | — | |
| Malay | akan(indicating the simple future tense) | — | |
| Norwegian | skal(indicating the simple future tense), skulle(indicating determination or obligation), skulle(in questions to suggest a possible future action) | — | |
| Old English | sculan(indicating the simple future tense) | — | |
| Old Saxon | skulan(indicating the simple future tense) | — | |
| Polish | powinien(indicating determination or obligation) | — | |
| Portuguese | dever(indicating determination or obligation), precisar(indicating determination or obligation) | — | |
| Russian | до́лжен(indicating determination or obligation), должна́(indicating determination or obligation), должно́(indicating determination or obligation), должны́(indicating determination or obligation) | dólžen, dolžná, dolžnó, dolžný | |
| Scots | sall(indicating the simple future tense) | — | |
| Swedish | ska(indicating the simple future tense), ska(indicating determination or obligation), ska(in questions to suggest a possible future action), skall(indicating the simple future tense), skall(indicating determination or obligation), skall(in questions to suggest a possible future action) | — | |
| West-Frisian | sille(indicating the simple future tense) | — |
zullen
devoir, informally, or, tu iras au bal!, être obligé de
sollen, sollen, werden
dovere, essere obbligato di
daka?, dakata?, dakayo?, danaka?, danakata?, danakayo?, dapat, dapat, kailangan, kailangan, kata?, ko?
debeo
akan
skal, skulle, skulle
sculan
skulan
powinien
dever, precisar
sall
ska, ska, ska, skall, skall, skall
sille
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.