Italian VI Tutorial: Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and Grammar
 

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Meanings of Dovere

Depending on the verb tense, the Italian verb dovere can have many meanings in English:

tense	translation
present	to owe	Ti devo quindici euro. I owe you fifteen euros.
present / imperfect	to be supposed to	Dovevano arrivare oggi. They were supposed to arrive today.
present + infinitive	to have to, must	Maria deve affittare la sua casa. Maria has to rent out her house.
present perfect + infinitive	had to	Abbiamo dovuto aspettare tante ore, ma è valsa la pena. We had to wait several hours, but it was worth it.
future	will have to	Ci dovrà andare alle undici. He will have to go there at eleven.
conditional	should, ought to	Dovrei leggere tutto il libro? Should I read the entire book?
past conditional	should have, ought to have	Avreste dovuto vedere il film ieri sera. You should have watched the movie last night.
present + essere	must be, is probably	Deve essere malato. He must be sick.
present perfect / imperfect + essere	must have been, was probably	Hanno dovuto essere a scuola. They must have been at school.

 

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