Have to, owe, duty - Devoir (The 39th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Have to, owe, duty is Devoir. This word often comes up when talking about shops & services, occupation. It can be used as verb, noun. It is the 39th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: have to, owe, duty

French: devoir

Examples


I'm going to have to do that on my own.	Je vais devoir le faire moi-même.
Either one of you has to go there.	L'un de vous deux va devoir s'y rendre.
As things now stand, I'll have to quit my job.	Dans l'état actuel des choses, je vais devoir quitter mon travail.
We're going to have to do this again.	Nous allons devoir le refaire.
I'll have to try something else.	Je vais devoir essayer autre chose.
Duty should come before anything else.	Le devoir avant tout.
Your duty is to support your family.	Votre devoir est de subvenir aux besoins de votre famille.
That is the duty of the police.	C'est le devoir de la police.

Every right comes in hand with a duty.	Chaque droit s'accompagne d'un devoir.
It's your duty.	C’est ton devoir.
It's our duty.	C'est notre devoir.
You know that that was our duty.	Vous savez que c'était notre devoir.
It's your responsibility to finish the job.	Il est de votre devoir d'achever ce boulot.
He dreaded having to spend Christmas in the hospital.	Il avait peur de devoir passer Noël à l'hôpital.
I believe it my duty to protect these children.	Je crois qu'il est de mon devoir de protéger ces enfants.
You must do your duty.	Tu dois faire ton devoir.
You should carry out your duty.	Vous devriez accomplir votre devoir.
One must do one's duty.	Il faut faire son devoir.
You must perform your duty.	Tu dois faire ton devoir.
I guess I'll have to leave now.	Je suppose que je vais devoir partir maintenant.
You'll have to modify the height of the table to make it fit.	Vous allez devoir modifier la hauteur de la table pour la faire rentrer.