Word
Tu devrais te méfier de son comportement.
Meaning
You should beware of his behavior.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Tu devrais te méfier de son comportement.
tu
you (informal singular)
son
his/her/its (son, sa, ses)
devoir
to have to / must
se méfier de
to beware of / to be suspicious of
Questions & Answers about Tu devrais te méfier de son comportement.
How does this sentence connect to the lesson on ce dont?
Why is it devrais instead of dois?
Devrais is the conditional mood of the verb devoir. While tu dois in the present tense means 'you must' or 'you have to', using the conditional tu devrais softens it to 'you should'. It is the standard way to give advice in French.
Why is there a te before méfier?
The verb for 'to beware' or 'to distrust' is se méfier, which is a reflexive verb. Because your subject is tu, the reflexive pronoun has to match it, which is why se changes to te.
Does son comportement mean 'his behavior' or 'her behavior'?