1.
v. ought to
n. ?

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East-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
hua普通话
wu 吳語
yue粤语
hak客家
min閩方言
kor한국어
jpn日本語 ーべき-beki
vieTiếng Việt
taiไทย
myaဗမာစာ

Indo-European languages

European languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
ellελληνικά
deuDeutsch
engEnglish should, ought to
frafrançais
itaitaliano
eslespañol
porportuguês
polpolski
ukrукраїнська
rusрусский

Indo-Iranian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
benবাংলা
gujગુજરાતી
hinहिन्दी
marमराठी
panਪੰਜਾਬੀ
urdاردو
fasفارسی

Dravidian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
kanಕನ್ನಡ
telతెలుగు
tamதமிழ்

Austronesian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
indbahasa Indonesia
javbasa Jawa
tgltagalog

Ural-Altaic languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
finsuomi
hunmagyar
turTürkçe

Afro-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
araالعربية
amhአማርኛ
ormoromoo
hauhausa

Niger-Congo languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
manmandingo
fulfulfulde
yorYorùbá
iboigbo
konkikongo
linlingála
rwakinyarwanda
swakiswahili
zulisizulu

Amerindian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
grnavañe'ẽ
querunasimi

2.
v. is likely to
n. ?


East-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
hua普通话
wu 吳語
yue粤语
hak客家
min閩方言
kor한국어
jpn日本語 はずhazu
vieTiếng Việt
taiไทย
myaဗမာစာ

Indo-European languages

European languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
ellελληνικά
deuDeutsch
engEnglish should
frafrançais
itaitaliano
eslespañol
porportuguês
polpolski
ukrукраїнська
rusрусский

Indo-Iranian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
benবাংলা
gujગુજરાતી
hinहिन्दी
marमराठी
panਪੰਜਾਬੀ
urdاردو
fasفارسی

Dravidian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
kanಕನ್ನಡ
telతెలుగు
tamதமிழ்

Austronesian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
indbahasa Indonesia
javbasa Jawa
tgltagalog

Ural-Altaic languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
finsuomi
hunmagyar
turTürkçe

Afro-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
araالعربية
amhአማርኛ
ormoromoo
hauhausa

Niger-Congo languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
manmandingo
fulfulfulde
yorYorùbá
iboigbo
konkikongo
linlingála
rwakinyarwanda
swakiswahili
zulisizulu

Amerindian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
grnavañe'ẽ
querunasimi


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  • Recent comments:
    Jens Wilkinson:Yes, English has different words for necessity and for recommendation. I don't know if it would be necessary to separate them in an IAL, but just for the definition they can be separate.
    Florent Garet:You are right, I haven't noticed it. English uses "must" with orders, and "should" with suggestions. French uses only one verb ("devoir"), but a special tense is used for suggestions.
    Risto Kupsala:Does this page differ from "must" somehow?
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