BuddyHawks

Muss es sein?

thanks in advance!

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shalafi

according to this http://diction.travlang.com/GermanEn...es+sein&max=50

Result of search for "muss es sein":

if need be -- wenn es sein muss

Yakk

BabelFish says: "It must be"

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Nancy

in this case it means "it must be". But with this particular sentence you'll need to know what kind of text it was taken from. Otherwise it can be translated in many ways. And that's why you should never use online dictionaires but ask someone who speaks the language so they can translate it correctly

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lazyaznguy

muss es sein?

means

must it be?

orange monkeyee

yeah, simple phrase, must it be? is a correct translation. singular present tense verb with a modal verb seinen-to be . yup.

Pacifier

yep, "must it be" is correct

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SiN

Correction

it's sein and it's not a modal.
There are technically only 6 modals:

dürfen
können
mögen
müssen
sollen
wollen

and 3 auxilary verbs:

haben
sein
werden

It's important to know the difference, so I just wanted to clear that up

Yes, context is critical...however, I think online translators and dictionarys are valuable, when used with a bit of knowlegde of the language. Must add brain into equation.

And speaking of online dictionaries - there's an excellent german one, for those who don't know:
http://dict.leo.org

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la petite moi

My German friend said that it means like, 'Must it be?'

kalashnikov

Ja, das ist richtig! Ausgezeichnet! Fabelhaft! Total sexy!

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asaris

Super geil!

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