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Tartarin de Tarascon

Note 10 — PREMIER ÉPISODE

Reading edition · Edition 2

2 10: je dus éprouver: 'I must have experienced.' Devoir is difficult to translate because the corresponding English auxiliaries (must, ought) are defective. The following are the most usual translations: je dois aller I must go, I ought to go, I should go, I have to go, I am to go. je devais aller I had to go, I was to go (cf. 18 2) I should have gone, I must have gone (cf. 16 26). je dus aller I had to go (cf. 67 7), I must have gone (cf. 40 4). je devrai aller I shall have to go je devrais aller I should go, I ought to go, I should have to go. j'ai dû aller I had to go, I have had to go, I must have gone Cf. notes to 43 20, 29.

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