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Manx
Etymology
From s' + egin.
Phrase
shegin (past and conditional begin, dependent form negin)
- it is necessary, one must, one has to
Negin goll ayns shen?- Is it necessary to go there?
Begin dou screeu eh.- I had to write it.
Shegin da'n voir aym loayrt rhyt.- My mother must speak to you.
Shegin dooin loayrt Gaelg, nagh negin dooin?- We have to speak Manx, don't we?
- as begin daue jannoo speinaghayn jeh fuygh ― and they had to make spoons of wood
Usage notes
The subject of English must or have to is rendered as the object of the preposition da; the verb is rendered as a verbal noun.
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