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JLPT N5 Grammar

なければならない

N5Obligation

N5 · Obligation · nai-form verb + ければならない

must; have to

nai-form verb + ければならない

なければならない expresses obligation: something must be done.

In speech it is often shortened to なきゃ or ないと.

明日までに宿題を出さなければなりません。

I must submit the homework by tomorrow.

Use the ない-form base before なければ, not the て-form.

It is a double negative: 'if you do not do it, it will not do' means 'must do.'

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