Module 5 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 19 of 30: The duty trio at work: hay que (one must), debo (I must). On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| hay que practicar | you have to practice | EYE keh prahk-tee-KAR |
| practicar | to practice | prahk-tee-KAR |
| debo salir | I must leave | DEH-boh sah-LEER |
| deberías | you should | deh-beh-REE-ahs |
| deberías leer este libro | you should read this book | deh-beh-REE-ahs leh-EHR EHS-teh LEE-broh |
| importante | important | eem-pohr-TAHN-teh |
| es importante | it is important | ehs eem-pohr-TAHN-teh |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
The duty trio at work: hay que (one must), debo (I must), deberías (you should — the polite advice form, met as a chunk).
Para hablar bien español, hay que practicar todos los días. Deberías leer este libro. Es importante — it is important — is how you say why.
deberías is one fixed chunk here (you should); its full table arrives in the next band. hay que takes an infinitive: hay que practicar, never hay que practica.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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