one must not take drugs
| 12:13 Jun 4, 2001 |
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| na | Du darfst keine Drogen nehmen |
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| na | Man darf nicht Drogen zu sich nehmen! |
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| na | Man sollte keine Drogen nehmen |
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Du darfst keine Drogen nehmen Explanation: This is a bit awkward, because natural German style would not necessarily use modal verbs here, but say, "Nimm keine Drogen!" - in other words, an imperative form would be used. But if you need this for a strictly grammatical exercise, then yes, "must not" would be "nicht dürfen". "Must not" always denotes a very strict prohibition; in German, you may also add a couple of more words: "Du darfst auf keinen Fall Drogen nehmen" "Du darfst unter keinen Umständen Drogen nehmen" "Du darfst absolut keine Drogen nehmen" "Es ist dir strengstens verboten, Drogen zu nehmen" ...... |
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Follow-up Explanation: I should also mention that "one" would be translated using "du". You could also use "man" ("Man darf keine Drogen nehmen"), but that would really sound awful in German - after all, this kind of appeal ("Say No to drugs") is supposed to be directed at YOU - a more general and "generic" "man" would not be natural German in this respect. |
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Man darf nicht Drogen zu sich nehmen! Explanation: It's a general admonishing utterance, so I think the above phrasing is quite the right one. Norstedts de<>sv<>en+MW |
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