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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
должно́ быть • (dolžnó bytʹ)
- Used as a parenthetical to express a speaker's opinion that something is certain, analogously to English "must".
- Synonym: наве́рное (navérnoje)
- Она́, должно́ быть, была́ так напу́гана. ― Oná, dolžnó bytʹ, bylá tak napúgana. ― She must've been so frightened. (literally, “She, (it) must be, was so frightened.”)