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Les emplois du verbe DEVOIR
(devoir peut indiquer la nécessité, la possibilité, la supposition, l’intention, l’obligation morale)
Quelques exemples pour chaque temps:
I have to come back
le présent je dois revenir I must come back
I am (supposed to) come back
l’imparfait je devais revenir I had to come back
I was (supposed) to come back
le futur je devrai revenir I will have to come back
le conditionnel je devrais revenir I ought to come back
I should come back
I had to come back
le passé composé j’ai dû revenir I have had to come back
I must have come back
le conditionnel passé j’aurais dû revenir I should have come back
Notez bien:
1. Devoir also means to owe: Je te dois 5 euros. I owe you five euros.
2. Devoir can also have a sense of probability:
Il doit être malade. He must be sick.
3. The past particple does not have the circumflex if agreement is added:
dû but due, dus, dues