【Japanese grammar】Verb な form + ければなりません (kereba narimasen) = must, have to: how to express duty or obligation

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【Japanese Grammar: Form】Verb なForm

Verb なForm is used with sentence patterns such as ければなりません（have to）and くてもいいです（don't have to）. Some examples are たべな (to eat)、きかな (to listen)、よまな (to read)、しな (to do)、こな (to come)、あけな (to open)、しめな (to close)、のまな (to drink)、およがな (to swim)、すわらな (to sit)、はしらな (to run)、たたな (to stand) and so on.

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2016.11.05

Sentence pattern

Exercise

Task: Change into Japanese.

• My uncle must read magazines till 4 o’clock.
• My younger sister has to come to school tomorrow.
• My older brother has to study psychology this year.
• You must buy milk for me.
• I have to go to London by taxi tomorrow.