Should
//ʃəd//
Translations of "should" (48 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ὀφείλω(expressing obligation) | opheílō | |
| Arabic | مِنْ اَلْمَفْرُوض أَنْ(expressing obligation), مِنْ اَلْمُفْتَرَض أَنْ(expressing obligation), يَنْبَغِي أَنْ(expressing obligation) | min al-mafrūḍ ʔan, min al-muftaraḍ ʔan, yanbaḡī ʔan | |
| Azerbaijani | gərək(expressing obligation), malı(expressing obligation), məli(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Belarusian | паві́нен(expressing obligation), паві́нна(expressing obligation), паві́нны(expressing obligation) | pavínjen, pavínna, pavínny | |
| Bengali | উচিত(expressing opinion), উচিত(expressing likelihood), কথা(expressing obligation), কথা(expressing likelihood), যদি(if; in case of) | ucito, ucito, kotha, kotha, jodi | |
| Catalan | deure(expressing obligation), haver de(expressing obligation), tenir de(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Chinese | 應該 /应该(expressing obligation), 著(expressing obligation) | zh-min-nan, zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 應該 /应该(expressing obligation) | jing¹ goi¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 倘若(if; in case of), 如果(if; in case of), 應當 /应当(expressing obligation), 應該 /应该(expressing obligation), 該 /该(expressing obligation) | tǎngruò, rúguǒ, yīngdāng, yīnggāi, gāi | |
| Cornish | y kodh dhe(expressing obligation), y tal dhe(expressing opinion), y talvia dhe(expressing opinion), y tegoodh dhe(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Czech | měl by(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Danish | burde(expressing obligation), skulle(expressing obligation), skulle(expressing likelihood), skulle(if; in case of) | — | |
| Dutch | mochten(if; in case of), moeten(expressing obligation), zou moeten(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Esperanto | devi(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Finnish | pitäisi(expressing obligation), pitäisi(expressing likelihood) | — | |
| French | Conditional form of devoir(expressing obligation), Conditional form of devoir(expressing opinion), si(if; in case of) | — | |
| German | dürfen(expressing likelihood), müsste(expressing obligation), sollen(expressing obligation), sollte(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Hebrew | כְּדַאי לְ־(expressing opinion), צָרִיךְ(expressing obligation) | k'day l-, tzarích | |
| Hindi | चाहिए(expressing obligation) | cāhie | |
| Hungarian | alighanem(expressing likelihood), bizonyára(expressing likelihood), esetleg(as a variant of the present subjunctive), feltehetőleg(expressing likelihood), ha …… -na/-ne(if; in case of), j(expressing obligation), kellene(expressing opinion), kéne(expressing opinion), netán(as a variant of the present subjunctive), véletlenül(as a variant of the present subjunctive) | — | |
| Icelandic | eiga að(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Italian | dovere(expressing likelihood) | — | |
| Japanese | ...べきである(expressing obligation) | ...beki de aru | |
| Khmer | គួរ(expressing obligation) | kuə | |
| Korean | 해야 한다(expressing obligation) | haeya handa | |
| Latin | debeo(expressing likelihood), dēbeō(expressing opinion), nefās est(expressing obligation), nōn licet(expressing obligation), oportet(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Lithuanian | turėti(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | dejaś(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Macedonian | ́ако(if; in case of), би тре́бало(expressing likelihood), до́колку(if; in case of), тре́ба(expressing obligation), тре́ба(expressing likelihood) | ́ako, bi trébalo, dókolku, tréba, tréba | |
| Malay | patut(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Norwegian | burde(expressing obligation), burde(expressing likelihood), skulle(if; in case of) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | burde(expressing opinion), skulle(expressing opinion) | — | |
| Old English | sċulan(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Persian | باید(expressing obligation) | bâyad | |
| Polish | powinien(expressing obligation), powinna(expressing obligation), powinno(expressing obligation), powinno(expressing likelihood) | — | |
| Portuguese | caso(if; in case of), dever(expressing obligation), dever(expressing likelihood), se(if; in case of) | — | |
| Romanian | ar trebui(expressing obligation), ar trebui(expressing likelihood) | — | |
| Russian | бу́дет(expressing likelihood), до́лжен(expressing obligation), должно́ быть(expressing likelihood), е́жели(if; in case of), е́сли(if; in case of), обя́зан(expressing obligation), сле́дует(expressing obligation) | búdet, dólžen, dolžnó bytʹ, jéželi, jésli, objázan, slédujet | |
| Scots | shud(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Spanish | Conditional form of deber(expressing obligation), Conditional form of deber(expressing opinion), deber(expressing likelihood), haber de(expressing obligation), si(if; in case of), tener que(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Swedish | borde(expressing opinion), bör(expressing opinion), böra(expressing likelihood), om(if; in case of), skola(expressing obligation), skulle(as a variant of the present subjunctive), skulle(if; in case of), torde(expressing likelihood) | — | |
| Thai | ควร(expressing obligation) | kuuan | |
| Turkish | meli, -malı(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ва́рто(expressing obligation), повинен(expressing obligation), повинно(expressing likelihood), слід(expressing likelihood) | várto, povynen, povynno, slid | |
| Urdu | چاہئیں(expressing obligation), چاہئیے(expressing obligation), چاہئے(expressing obligation), چاہیئں(expressing obligation), چاہیئے(expressing obligation), چاہیے(expressing obligation) | cāhi'ẽ, cāhiye, cāhie, cāhiy'ẽ, cāhiye, cāhiye | |
| Vietnamese | nên(expressing obligation) | — | |
| Welsh | dylu(expressing obligation), dylu(expressing likelihood), os(if; in case of) | — | |
| Yiddish | זאָלן(expressing obligation) | zoln |
مِنْ اَلْمَفْرُوض أَنْ, مِنْ اَلْمُفْتَرَض أَنْ, يَنْبَغِي أَنْ
min al-mafrūḍ ʔan, min al-muftaraḍ ʔan, yanbaḡī ʔan
gərək, malı, məli
deure, haver de, tenir de
y kodh dhe, y tal dhe, y talvia dhe, y tegoodh dhe
měl by
burde, skulle, skulle, skulle
mochten, moeten, zou moeten
devi
pitäisi, pitäisi
Conditional form of devoir, Conditional form of devoir, si
dürfen, müsste, sollen, sollte
alighanem, bizonyára, esetleg, feltehetőleg, ha …… -na/-ne, j, kellene, kéne, netán, véletlenül
eiga að
dovere
debeo, dēbeō, nefās est, nōn licet, oportet
turėti
dejaś
patut
burde, burde, skulle
burde, skulle
sċulan
powinien, powinna, powinno, powinno
caso, dever, dever, se
ar trebui, ar trebui
бу́дет, до́лжен, должно́ быть, е́жели, е́сли, обя́зан, сле́дует
búdet, dólžen, dolžnó bytʹ, jéželi, jésli, objázan, slédujet
shud
Conditional form of deber, Conditional form of deber, deber, haber de, si, tener que
borde, bör, böra, om, skola, skulle, skulle, torde
meli, -malı
nên
dylu, dylu, os
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