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Learn Danish: burde - ought to / should

Danish
/The modal verb ought to (bør / burde)
/burde

burde

Word

burde

Meaning

ought to / should

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

The modal verb ought to (bør / burde)

Usages of burde

Du bør have en sund livsstil.

You ought to have a healthy lifestyle.

Vi bør få sunde vaner.

We ought to get healthy habits.

De bør ændre deres usunde vaner.

They ought to change their unhealthy habits.

I bør spise mindre usund mad.

You ought to eat less unhealthy food.

Drengen bør få mere søvn.

The boy ought to get more sleep.

Du burde have købt grøntsagerne.

You ought to have bought the vegetables.

I bør spise mange grøntsager.

You ought to eat a lot of vegetables.

Vi burde have slappet af i dag.

We ought to have relaxed today.

Manden bør drikke mindre øl.

The man ought to drink less beer.

Vi bør bruge energien nu.

We ought to use the energy now.

Du bør lytte når læreren taler.

You ought to listen when the teacher speaks.

Det er din søn som har skylden, og han bør undskylde.

It is your son who is to blame, and he ought to apologize.

Teknologien bør være lige så hurtig som før.

The technology ought to be as fast as before.

Du bør da ikke overreagere. Det var bare et mareridt.

You surely shouldn't overreact. It was just a nightmare.

Burde vi have gennemtænkt det?

Ought we to have thought it through?

Du burde ikke have ignoreret din mavefornemmelse.

You ought not to have ignored your gut feeling.

Det var kvinden der burde have afslået.

It was the woman who ought to have declined.

Beslutningen var forhastet, og vi burde have forudset udfaldet.

The decision was hasty, and we should have foreseen the outcome.

Den sårede bør ikke rejse sig fra kørestolen.

The injured person ought not to get up from the wheelchair.

Du bør tilføje denne kvalifikation når du skriver ansøgningen.

You ought to add this qualification when you write the application.

Vi burde have erstattet computerne i takt med at kompleksiteten steg.

We ought to have replaced the computers as the complexity rose.

Man bør vænne sig til kompleksiteten i takt med at samfundet automatiseres.

One ought to get used to the complexity as the society is being automated.

Du bør ikke træde på speederen når du holder koblingen nede.

You ought not to step on the accelerator when you hold the clutch down.

Du bør købe en ny vinduesvisker fordi det regner.

You ought to buy a new windshield wiper, because it is raining.

Han bør forenkle projektet snarere end at lade detaljerne fylde.

He ought to simplify the project rather than letting the details take up space.

Når kloakken er tilstoppet, bør man få den renset.

When the sewer is clogged, you ought to get it cleaned.

Du burde ikke have dømt ham i offentligheden.

You should not have judged him in public.

Kaptajnen burde have reageret. Gid hun havde undgået tragedien.

The captain ought to have reacted. I wish she had avoided the tragedy.

Curlingforælderen burde bare slappe af.

The helicopter parent should just relax.

Hun burde virkelig skamme sig over svinestregen.

She really ought to be ashamed of the dirty trick.

Man bør ikke shoppe sent om aftenen fordi impulskøb ofte er alt for dumme.

One should not shop late at night because impulse buys are often way too stupid.

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