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Usage 1 - "certainly, definitely, for sure, necessarily":
Sentence:
这件事一定要做好。
English:
This task absolutely must be done well.
Top-Down Words:
件 jiàn - measure word for general matters or articles of clothing
事 shì - matter or affair
做 zuò - to do
Sentence:
他一定不认识我。
English:
He definitely doesn’t know me.
Top-Down Words:
*Sentence:
他一定不知道哪个是我的行李箱。
English:
He clearly doesn’t know which suitcase is mine.
Top-Down Words:
知道 zhīdào - to know
行李箱 xínglǐxiāng - trunk; suitcase
The Six Steps to Learning Words
Chris Lewis
Living link: 一定, sounds like eating; eating is certainly/definitely something I need to do every day
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KKuYfqHz0&t=4496s
Keith Travis
他一定不知道哪个是我的行李箱
He definitely doesn't recognize which one is my suitcase.
Matt Shubert
Sorry, I'm asking a lot of questions in recent lessons ... :)
Sentence:
这件事一定要做好。
English:
This task absolutely must be done well.
For this sentence, could this also be translated as "This task absolutely will be done well" with the specific translation being context-dependent? I guess I'm not sure where the "must" is conveyed in the isolated sentence.
Mandarin Blueprint
For this meaning it's better to use 会, 要 is more of a demand/order in this context.
Matt Shubert
I see, so it's almost like the task itself is "wanting" to be done well. Sorta like saying "the situation demands this!" in English.
Thanks guys for all the fast replies!