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Past necessity
1.       bod
5999 posts 		 07 Mar 2007 Wed 05:50 pm

How can we express that something had to be done in the past without implying that is was not done but should have been done. -meli- implies that it wasn't done I think.

For example:
Dün çalışmalıydım - Yesterday I should have studied.
But how can we translate "yesterday I had to study"?

2.       SunFlowerSeed
841 posts 		 07 Mar 2007 Wed 07:03 pm

Quoting bod:

How can we express that something had to be done in the past without implying that is was not done but should have been done. -meli- implies that it wasn't done I think.

For example:
Dün çalışmalıydım - Yesterday I should have studied.
But how can we translate "yesterday I had to study"?



There is not a clear distinction among have to - must - should etc in Turkish.

Dün çalışmalıydım. can do all. Maybe you can use tones to stress it when talking.

or you can use,
V-mam gerekiyordu. - gereklilik - necessity
V-mak zorundaydım. - zorunluluk - obligation

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