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Meaning of باید | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈbaː.jad

Definitions

Expresses an obligation or confident conjecture, equivalent to English must, have to, should, ought, etc.

defective

Equivalents

Беларуская павінен
Bosanski dever
Cymraeg dylu
Dansk burde
Deutsch sollen
Ελληνικά πρέπει
English Have to must Ought
Esperanto devi
Español deber
Français devoir
Galego deber
Hrvatski dever
Magyar bizonyára kell kellene kéne
Italiano dovere
ខ្មែរ គួរតែ
Kurdî can can dever devî kenê
Latina debeo
Nederlands behoren moeten
Polski powinien
Português dever
Српски dever
Svenska borde
Tiếng Việt can phái

Examples

“باید برود”

he/she/they must go

“آن باید علی باشد”

that must be Ali

“باید رفت”

one must go [impersonal]

“باید رفته باشد”

he/she should have gone [but it is not clear if he/she did]; or, he/she must have gone [a conjecture about a past event]

“باید میرفت”

he/she had to go [and did go]; or, he/she should have gone [but did not go]

“از آغاز باید که دانی درست سر مایهٔ گوهران از نخست که یزدان ز ناچیز چیز آفرید”

From the start, you ought to know well The source of the essences from the beginning That God created a something from nothing.

“باید تورو پیدا کنم”

I have to find you

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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