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Learn Hardcore Latin: debere - must

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 9
/debere

debere

Word

debere

Meaning

must

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of debere

Mater filiae dicit: "Nunc sororem tuam iuvare debes."

Mother says to her daughter: "Now you must help your sister."

Puer dicit: "Ego quoque aviam iuvare debeo, quamquam iam fessa est."

The boy says: "I also ought to help grandmother, although she is already tired."

Servus lucernam accendere debet, ut domina in atrio epistulam legere possit.

The servant must light the lamp so that the mistress can read a letter in the atrium.

Si morbo gravi laboras, medicum vocare debes.

If you suffer from a serious illness, you must call the doctor.

Avus dicit puerum cautum esse debere, cum per scalas descendat.

Grandfather says that the boy ought to be careful when he goes down the stairs.

Cras mane tibi surgere necesse est, quia ad scholam venire debes.

Tomorrow morning you must get up, because you must come to school.

Si sapiens es, veritatem dicere debes.

If you are wise, you must tell the truth.

Discipula bibliothecam desiderat, quia diu domi manere debet.

The female student misses the library, because she has to stay at home for a long time.

Si quis mendacium in iudicio dicat, iudex eum damnare potest; si innocens sit, eum absolvere debet.

If anyone should tell a lie in court, the judge can condemn him; if he is innocent, she must acquit him.

Si tibi venia opus est, veritatem statim dicere debes.

If you need pardon, you must tell the truth at once.

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