{"id":53055,"date":"2021-09-01T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53055"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:25","slug":"spanish-verb-deber-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/spanish-verb-deber-must\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish verb Deber (Must): Spanish Lesson 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this lesson we are going to learn how to use the Spanish verb Deber<\/strong> (Must). In our previous topic we learned a similar verb, Tener Que (To have to)<\/a> and in our next topic we will learn another similar verb Hay Que (One has to).<\/p>\n

The Spanish verb Deber<\/strong> is commonly used and relatively simple to learn. We use it to express obligation or responsibility, when there is an obligation or responsibility to do something. In English, Deber translates to Must or Ought.<\/p>\n

Spanish verb Deber<\/strong> (Must)<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s how to conjugate Deber (Must):<\/p>\n

(Yo) Debo\u2026: I must\u2026
\n(T\u00fa) Debes…: You must… (informal)
\n(Usted) Debe\u2026: You must\u2026 (formal)
\n(\u00c9l\/Ella) Debe\u2026: He\/She must\u2026
\n(Nosotros) Debemos\u2026: We must\u2026
\n(Vosotros) Deb\u00e9is\u2026: You must\u2026 (group\/informal)
\n(Ustedes) Deben…: You must… (group\/formal)
\n(Ellos) Deben…: They must…<\/p>\n

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Practice sentences with the Spanish verb Deber<\/h2>\n

Here are some practice sentences with Deber for all persons:<\/p>\n

Debo visitar Sevilla: I must visit Sevilla
\nDebes relajarte m\u00e1s: You must relax more
\nUsted debe relajarse m\u00e1s: You must relax more
\nJuan debe disculparse: Juan must apologise
\nDebemos hablar: We must talk
\nDeb\u00e9is hacer ejercicio: You must do exercise
\nUstedes deben hacer ejercicio: You must do exercise
\nPedro y Julia deben jubilarse: Pedro and Julia must retire<\/p>\n

Questions and negatives<\/h2>\n

Next let\u2019s see some example sentences using Deber with questions and negatives. As always with Spanish, making questions and negatives is very easy:<\/p>\n

Hola Marta, \u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?: Hi Marta, how are you?<\/p>\n

Bien. Pero estoy muy cansada: Fine. But I am very tired.<\/p>\n

Debes dormir m\u00e1s Marta. Siempre est\u00e1s cansada: You must sleep more Marta. You are always tired.<\/p>\n

Debo irme a la cama m\u00e1s pronto, es verdad: I must go to bed earlier, it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 siempre est\u00e1s despierta hasta muy tarde? \u00bfEs porque tienes mucho trabajo?: Why are you always up very late? Is it because you have a lot of work?<\/p>\n

No, no es por eso. Es porque me gusta ver la tele: No, it\u2019s not because of that. It\u2019s because I like to watch TV.<\/p>\n

Debe grabar las cosas que quieres ver que echan tarde o verlas en streaming: You must record the things you want to watch that are on late or watch via streaming.<\/p>\n

Tambi\u00e9n me gusta estar con mis compa\u00f1eras de piso. Ellas no vuelven de su trabajo hasta tarde y nos gusta estar juntas viendo la tele: I also like being with my flat-mates. They don’t come back from work until late and we like to be together watching TV.<\/p>\n

Vale. Entiendo. Pero no debes estar tan cansada. Igual no tienes que hacer esto todas las noches: OK. I understand. But you mustn\u2019t be so tired. Maybe you don\u2019t have to do this every night.<\/p>\n

\u00a1No deben echar los programas buenos tan tarde! No hay nada que ver en la tele hasta las once: They mustn\u2019t show the good things so late! There\u2019s nothing to watch on TV until eleven:<\/p>\n

We hope you found this lesson useful. The Spanish verb Deber is one of those Spanish verbs that you will find yourself using often. It\u2019s a handy one to know and nice and easy to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this lesson we are going to learn how to use the Spanish verb Deber (Must). In our previous topic we learned a similar verb, Tener Que (To have to) and in our next topic we will learn another similar verb Hay Que (One has to). The Spanish verb Deber is commonly used and relatively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1505,1516,1648,1652],"class_list":["post-53055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-intermediate-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53079,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53055\/revisions\/53079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}