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Old February 04, 2015, 03:48 PM
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Deber, necesitar, tener + que, conditional tense

I've been curious as to the differences in these words. From my understanding, deber is a suggestion meaning "should or must" and necesitar is a "necessity/necesarry" and ´tener + que´is "have to". I dont really know how to use these 3 correctly in the type of sentences they belong to. Here in Mexico, I hear everyone use tener+que a lot more than anything. I asked a friend why sometimes I see debes and other times deberías when suggesting something and was told that debes is more of a must and deberías is more of a suggestion. To me, these words all have a similar meaning and almost can be used interchangeably but I would like to actually know when and where I should use one or the other.

Also, if I use conditional with necesitar or tener+que, necesitarías o tendrías que... how does the meaning change?

"The conditional is used to express probability, possibility, wonder or conjecture, and is usually translated as would, could, must have or probably."
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