должно быть

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɐɫʐˈno bɨtʲ]

Adverb

должно́ быть • (dolžnó bytʹ)

  1. Used as a parenthetical to express a speaker's opinion that something is certain, analogously to English "must".
    Synonym: наве́рное (navérnoje)
    Она́, должно́ быть, была́ так напу́гана. ― Oná, dolžnó bytʹ, bylá tak napúgana. ― She must've been so frightened. (literally, “She, (it) must be, was so frightened.”)
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