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Please help me break up this sentence. - stplush - 2010-02-23
I'm having a hard time distinguishing words in this sentence. Rikaichan says "なければなりません" is a word meaning you need to do something. But smart.fm broke up the sentence differently, so I need help from someone who knows.
私用で出かけなければなりません。
Thanks again for any help.
Please help me break up this sentence. - yudantaiteki - 2010-02-23
How did smart.fm break it up?
verb+なければなりません means that you have to/need to do the verb.
(Because it's a composite of なければ + なりません that might have confused smart.fm?)
Please help me break up this sentence. - Evil_Dragon - 2010-02-23
なければなりません is ない (negative) + ば (conditional) + なりません (must not)
If it's not x, it must not be.. which is Japanese for have to, should, must.
Please help me break up this sentence. - stplush - 2010-02-23
Smart.fm had it split like this.
しよう で でかけなければ なりません
I understand now, thanks to both of you.
Please help me break up this sentence. - cangy - 2010-02-23
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?9MIH%E7%A7%81%E7%94%A8%E3%81%A7%E5%87%BA%E3%81%8B%E3%81%91%E3%81%AA%E3%81%91%E3%82%8C%E3%81%B0%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93%E3%80%82