Alle skal behandles med verdighet.

with

Breakdown of Alle skal behandles med verdighet.

• skal: shall
• alle: everyone
• behandle: to treat

Questions & Answers about Alle skal behandles med verdighet.

What does alle mean here?

Here, alle means everyone or all people.

A few useful comparisons:

• Alle skal behandles med verdighet. = Everyone shall be treated with dignity.
• alle mennesker = all people
• alle barna = all the children

So alle can mean either everyone on its own, or all before a plural noun.

Why is it skal here? What does it mean?

Skal is the present tense of skulle. In a sentence like this, it often expresses:

• a rule
• an expectation
• something that is supposed to happen

So Alle skal behandles med verdighet has the sense of:

• Everyone shall be treated with dignity
• Everyone is to be treated with dignity
• Everyone should be treated with dignity
  (depending on context)

In laws, regulations, and formal statements, skal is very common for expressing what must or is required to happen.

Why does behandles end in -s?