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Must do A; have to A
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There's a test tomorrow, so I need to stay up all night and study.
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You need to buy a ticket before you enter the movie theatre.
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My mother is drunk, so I have to clean up all by myself.
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You've got to answer for the outcome.
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You must do your homework at once.
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You have to protect your family.
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You must study your entire life.
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I have to buy one tomorrow.
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You must come back before nine o'clock.
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I need to get off at this station.
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I need to hurry and do some shopping, so let's talk again another time.
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You must stand in a line in order to buy the ticket.
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You must answer honestly.
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You must make up the loss next week.
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Must I take this lesson?
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This evil custom must be abolished.
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We must get rid of this foul garbage right away.
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This grass needs cutting.
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This subject should be discussed in detail.
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More often than not, she had to go in person.
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The boy was cross at having to stay at home.
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その                      
In addition, I have to interview a professor.
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The substance must be treated with acid.
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I have to change the batteries in the radio.
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We must finish everything before Tuesday morning.
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We should check the spread of the disease.
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We should hold old people in reverence.
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The bill must be paid today.
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Construction
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AVerb: ない form
-い
ければ
ならない
Basic Examples:
まなければらない (must rest)

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Grammar usage notes

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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Wallace
Level: 1
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
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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Level: 59
まぁいいか

ジャンボが

くしな
(yotsuba's dad says this about jumbo - dwbi, jumbo can do the work of 2 ppl). しな is the shortening of しなければならない
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sbober
Level: 259

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ターラ
Level: 39
Should なきゃならない be included in this section or is it a different grammar point?
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7 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
Same! - please feel free to add a usage note so you can get credit for it.
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7 years ago
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ターラ
Level: 39
Thanks! Actually, looking at the usage notes it seems someone beat me to it quite some time ago - oops!
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7 years ago
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Hi everyone, what's the difference between ~と and ~なければならない?

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1 year ago
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Anonymous123
Level: 1450

Hi everyone, what's the difference between ~と and ~なければならない?

と is a particle for "and" and "with", while なければならない means "have to", so they're not really similar at all.

Did you mean ないと instead of と ?

ないと is a shortened casual form of なくてはいけない, which is another way of saying "have to", but it isn't quite as strong as なければならない.

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1 year ago
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Yes, sorry. I meant ないと. ありがとうございます

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