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Modal Verbs / Modal Verbs - Lexicon

anogona

can

aigona

could

Chivabvu

may

simba

might

anofanira

must, should

shall

shall

kuda

will, be willing to

dai

would

fanira ku

ought to

zvaive nani

had better

need to

need to

dare

dare

kujaira

used to

kufanira

have to

kukwanisa

be able to

kufanira kudaro

be supposed to

kubvumidzwa

be allowed to, be allowed

ndoda

would rather

aigona kuva

could have

vangave

might have

anofanira kuva nazvo

should have, must have

vangadai vakaita

would have

achava

shall have

zvichava

will have

handikwanise

can't

handifanire

mustn't

handifanire kudaro

shouldn't, ought not to

hazvigone

mightn't

handina kukwanisa

couldn't

hazvizodaro

won't

handingadaro

wouldn't

handichadaro

shall not

handidi

needn't

usatya

daren't

let

let

make

make

help

help

kuenda

be going to

kudiwa kuti

be required to

kutarisirwa

be expected to

kuva kuronga

be planning to

kuva kuda

be about to

zvingasadaro

may not, might not