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Grammar: expressing obligation

How to express "must" and "should"

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Dario Hamidi
Jan 10, 2024
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Estonian has many ways of expressing obligations, all with slightly different shades of meaning.

This article gives you a brief overview of how you can express obligation - both personal and impersonal - as well as how the meaning differs across the different ways of doing so.

Let’s dive right in!

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