Present
ปัจจุบัน · now and habits: the bare verb, ไม่ in front for not, ไหม at the end to ask
- Affirmative I am supposed to
- Negative I am not supposed to
- question are you supposed to?
THAI VERB
ควร
to be supposed to, should, ought to
- #81 most used
- Helper verb
Conjugation
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Ever and never
เคย · เคย in front: have you ever, I have never
- ever I have been supposed to before
- never I have never been supposed to
- ever-question have you ever been supposed to?
How to use ควร
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
คุณ ควร ไป หา หมอ นะ คะ.
You should go and see a doctor.
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Ever and never
เคย ควร ไป หา หมอ แต่ ไม่ ไป.
There was a time I should have seen a doctor but didn't.
Good to know
- ควร is advice, softer than ต้อง; ไม่ ควร is "shouldn't", and in Bangkok speech น่าจะ is heard even more.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: helper verb.