OBLIGATIONS

MUST HAVE TO
I must clean my room
I don’t want it to be a
total mess

MUST
I must clean my room
I don’t want it to be a
total mess
MUST
“DEBO”
Internal obligation

Debo limpiar mi cuarto porque YO no

quiero que sea un desastre.
Other uses of MUST
Making assumpions that are very likely to be true

You must be
sad
 Ugh, I have to clan my
room, my mom told me
to clean it before dinner.

HAVE TO
 Ugh, I have to clan my
room, my mom told me to
clean it before dinner.
HAVE TO
“TENGO QUE”
External obligation

Tengo que limpiar mi

cuarto porque MI
MAMÁ ME DIJO QUE
LO LIMPIE antes de la
cena.
 PROHIBITIONS

MUSTN’T CAN’T
 You

MUSTN’T
Sleep in class
MUSTN’T
Mustn’t = Don’t do it

If you mustn’t do something, it

means it is against the rules/law. If
you do it, there will be
consequences.
I’m trapped!
I can’t get
out!

CAN’T
 I’m trapped!
I can’t get
out!

CAN’T
Impossibility
“Not allowed to”

CAN = physically
able to do
something.

He can play guitar