devoir
Meanings
Verb
1. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
a. must (present)
b. should (conditional)
2. must, to do or have with certainty
3. to owe (money, obligation and etc) (transitive)
4. (even) if it is necessary (+ infinitive) (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject)
5. to have a duty to (reflexive, ~ de)
Examples10476
Tom n'aurait pas dû faire ce qu'il a fait.
Tom shouldn't have done what he did.
Tom a fait ce qu'il devait faire.
Tom has done what he had to do.
Je devrais le faire.
I should do it.
Je n'aurais pas dû le faire.
I shouldn't have done it.
Qu'aurions-nous dû faire ?
What should we have done?
Que devrais-je faire ?
What should I do?