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Must do A; have to A
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    ある        しなければ ならない 
There's a test tomorrow, so I need to stay up all night and study.
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                   なりません  
You need to buy a ticket before you enter the movie theatre.
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                        ならない  
My mother is drunk, so I have to clean up all by myself.
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あなた  その             ならない  
You've got to answer for the outcome.
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あなた  すぐ 宿   しなければ ならない  
You must do your homework at once.
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あなた               ならない  
You have to protect your family.
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あなた            ならない 
You must study your entire life.
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       ならない  
I have to buy one tomorrow.
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          ならない  
You must come back before nine o'clock.
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  この         ならない     
I need to get off at this station.
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       しなければ ならない    また          
I need to hurry and do some shopping, so let's talk again another time.

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AVerb: ない form
-い
ければ
ならない
Basic Examples:
まなければならない (must rest)

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Level: 17
(8 years ago)
Other ways to express obligation:

~なくてはならない
~なくてはいけない

~ないといけない
~ないとならない

~ねばならない
~ねばいけない
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Sairen
Level: 1
(13 years ago)
An even more impolite way is to omit the ならない or いけない and just なれれば respectively なきゃ.
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Wallace
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
A contracted, more casual form of this pattern is なきゃならない and an even more casual form is なきゃんない
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Wallace
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
While いけない and ならない are interchangeable the subtle difference between them is that ならない tends to express the speaker's own sense of obligation while いけない tends toward directing a sense of obligation toward the hearer.
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Discussion about this grammar
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Years Studied: Since April '18
Level: 25, : 54
Should なきゃならない be included in this section or is it a different grammar point?
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5 years ago
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Site admin
Level: 207, : 9,272
Same! - please feel free to add a usage note so you can get credit for it.
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5 years ago (Edited 5 years ago.)
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Years Studied: Since April '18
Level: 25, : 54
Thanks! Actually, looking at the usage notes it seems someone beat me to it quite some time ago - oops!
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5 years ago



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