Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to must
Participle:
Gerund: musting
Indicative
Present
| I | must |
| you | must |
| he;she;it | must |
| we | must |
| you | must |
| they | must |
Perfect
Past
Pluperfect
Future
| I | will must |
| you | will must |
| he;she;it | will must |
| we | will must |
| you | will must |
| they | will must |
Future Perfect
| I | will have must |
| you | will have must |
| he;she;it | will have must |
| we | will have must |
| you | will have must |
| they | will have must |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | must |
| you | must |
| he;she;it | must |
| we | must |
| you | must |
| they | must |
Perfect
| I | have must |
| you | have must |
| he;she;it | have must |
| we | have must |
| you | have must |
| they | have must |
Imperfect
| I | must |
| you | must |
| he;she;it | must |
| we | must |
| you | must |
| they | must |
Pluperfect
| I | had must |
| you | had must |
| he;she;it | had must |
| we | had must |
| you | had must |
| they | had must |
Conditional
Present
| I | would must |
| you | would must |
| he;she;it | would must |
| we | would must |
| you | would must |
| they | would must |
Perfect
| I | would have must |
| you | would have must |
| he;she;it | would have must |
| we | would have must |
| you | would have must |
| they | would have must |
Imperative
| you | must |
| we | Let's must |
| you | must |
Verbs similar to 'must'
bust,
dust,
fust,
gust,
just,
lust,
mast,
mist,
munt,
muse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
moste, pt. of
motan "have to, be able to," from P.Gmc.
*motanan "to fix, allot, appoint, to have room, to be able" (cf. O.Fris.
mota, M.L.G.
moten, Du.
moeten, Ger.
müssen "to be obliged to," Goth.
gamotan "to have room to, to be able to"), from PIE base
*med- "to measure." Used as present tense from c.1300, from the custom of using past subjunctive as a moderate or polite form of the present. The noun meaning "something that has to be seen or experienced" is from 1892.
2. From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote. See: Middle English '
moten', Proto-Germanic '
*mōtaną', Swedish '
måste'.
Verbs referencing "must"
Tok Pisin mas, Dutch
moeten, Sranan
musu, Afrikaans
moet, German, Pennsylvania
misse, Ido mustar, Ukrainian
мусити, Alemannic German
müese.
Sample Sentences
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You must arrive in class on time.
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This door handle must be rotated fully.
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Everybody told me I must stop worrying, but I couldn't, because I felt there must be something wrong.
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You really must come and see us soon, pal. - We'll see: I can borrow my dad's car, but I must bring it back before midnight.
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The physician said that I must / had to / would have to stop smoking.
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Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:6:]
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If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
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Where would you have put the keyring? You couldn’t have lost it again! - I must have, because it's nowhere to be found.
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I said it must be pretty late and I really must go.
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She's being taken to the police car now , so they must be going to arrest her.
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The children must be asleep by now.
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There's the doorbell. It must be Dad.