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How do you say “must” in Vietnamese?

“Must” in Vietnamese is phải (must).

Vietnamese words for “must”

  • phảiverb
    Hanoi [faːj˧˩] · Saigon [faːj˨˩˦]phải dipping

    must; have to; right (correct

    for “must” meaning: To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative conseq

    • Tôi phải đi rồi.I must leave now.

Related Vietnamese words

  • đượcverb

    can; to be allowed to; to get

  • nênverb

    should; so; therefore

  • thế màconjunction

    but; however; yet

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