こんにちは!

私はカナダ人です。

1月から、私は日本語をべんきょうしています。すぐ日本へいくつもりですから。

このコミュニティでしつもんしなもいいですか。

私はことばとかんじをべんきょうしなければいけません。たすけがひつようです。

よろしくおねがいします。

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[–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

しつもんがあります。

I learned that using 「〜なければいけません」means "must do". But literally what does ければいけません mean? I only know to use this "formula" to say that I must do something. We weren't really told that in our classes.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's a tricky construction, I always forget what it is. When it came up in the textbook, I mostly used the shorter form. I could remember なきゃ but not the whole なければいけません thing. The abbreviations are much more casual though, it sounds like. Here's the Tae Kim page on it.

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