skulle

be, go, be meant to, must, need, should

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vb (skal, skulle, skullet)

a) (befaling: skal) must,

(især F) shall;

(i direkte ordre) will, is (, are) to ( fx you will (el. are to)

report at headquarters at once; you must (el. shall el. are to) do what you are told);

b) (om nødvendighed) have (got) to,

(skal: også om personlig opfattelse) must ( fx I have (got) to buy a new car, I smashed up the old one; I must buy a new car soon);

[du `skal ikke gøre det] you don't have to do it; you need not do it;

[han skulle bruge $1000] he needed $1000;

c) (om pligt: burde) should, ought to ( fx I should (el. ought to) have been more careful; should I open the door? you ought to know better; it ought not to be allowed; you should not speak so loud; you should have seen him);

d) (løfte: skal) (i 1. person) will,

(i 2. og 3. person) will,

F shall;

[hvis du er artig skal du få bogen] if you are a good boy, I'll give you the book (, F: you shall have the book);

e) (om bestemmelse, besked, aftale) be to ( fx I am to inform you that ...; we are to meet at 5 o'clock);

f) (om hensigt) be meant to ( fx this was meant to make it easier for you);

g) (om bestemmelsessted) be going ( fx I am going home; he is going to London (, to school));

(være på vej til) be bound (for) ( fx he (, the ship) is bound for England);

h) (om det umiddelbart forestående) be about to, be going to ( fx I was just about to (el. going to) begin), be on the point of -ing ( fx he was on the point of leaving);

i) (om forlydende: siges at) be said to, be supposed to ( fx he is said

(el. supposed) to be rich); be reported to;

[du skal altid kritisere] you are always criticizing; you have always got to criticize;

[hvorfor skal du altid kritisere?] why must you always criticize?

[det skulle gøre mig ondt hvis] I should be sorry if;

[skal jeg gøre det?] shall I do it? would you like me to do it?

[skulle have], se II. have;

[hvad skal jeg gøre?] what am I to (el. shall I) do?

T what do I do (now)?

[hvad vil du have jeg skal gøre?] what do you want me to do?

[jeg vidste ikke hvad jeg skulle gøre] I did not know what to do;

[hvis jeg skulle forklare hvad det er] if I was (, F: were) asked to explain what it is;

[hvis vi skulle tabe (el. skulle vi tabe)] if we should be defeated,

F should we be defeated;

[for at hun ikke skulle høre det] in order that she should not hear it;

[det skal du ikke være sikker på] don't be too sure of that;

[skal du noget i aften?] are you doing anything (el. have you anything on) this evening? are you going out tonight?

[det skal jeg ikke kunne sige] I couldn't tell (el. say);

[alt gik som det skulle] everything went right;

[så skulle da også!] oh bother!

[skulle tro], se II. tro;

[du skulle vel ikke have (, vide etc)] do you by any chance have (, know etc);

[hvordan skulle jeg (kunne) vide] how was I to (el. should I) know ( fx

that he would turn up);

[hvad det skal være] anything;

[hvad skal det være?]

(i butik) what can I do for you, sir (, madam)? yes please?

[hvis det skal være] if necessary; if need be;

[hvor det skal være] anywhere;

[nu skal jeg være der!] coming!

[`når det skal være] any time;

[det skulle ikke så være] it was not to be;

[det skulle da være i Kina] except perhaps in China;

[skulle det være en anden gang] any other time you like;

[det skulle være en vittighed] it was meant for a joke;

[ med præp & adv:]

[jeg skal af her] I want to get off here, this is where I get off;

[hvad skal jeg der?] what am I to do there?

[hvor skal du hen?] where are you going? where are you off to?

[hvad skal du her?] what are you doing here?

[jeg skal med] I am going with them (, him etc);

[jeg skal med toget] I am going by train,

(om bestemt tog) I am going on that train (, on the 8.15 etc);

[hvad skal du med det?] what do you want with that?

[hvad skal jeg med det?] what am I to do with that? what do you want me to do with that?

[skulle op til], se op;

[skulle `til]

(behøves) be required, be necessary;

[det er lige hvad der skal til!]

T that is just what the doctor ordered!

[hvad skal det til?]

(hvad nytter det?) what is the good of that?

(hvad skal det gøre godt for) what's the idea?

T what's that in aid of?

[skulle (lige) til at], se h;

[der skal så lidt til at glæde et barn] it takes so little to make a child happy;

[der skulle 4 mand til at holde ham] it took 4 men to hold him;

[jeg skal ud i aften] I'm going out tonight;

[jeg skal ud at gå en tur] I am going out for a walk.