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Sentence

Du hättest nicht gesollt.

Translation

You shouldn't have.



Analysis


Du
     pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
hättest
     v. second-person singular subjunctive of haben
     haben
          v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
          v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
          v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
          v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
          v. to get (to receive)
          v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
          v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
          v. to contain, be composed of, equal
          v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
          v. to make a fuss
          v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
          v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
gesollt
     Participle. past participle of sollen
     sollen
          v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
          v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
          v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
          v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
          v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
          v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause




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