Have to with 得 (děi)

Structure Subject + 得 + Verb

The character 得, read děi, is a modal verb: "have to, must": 我得走了 = "I have to go". It’s colloquial and strong (real necessity). NOTE: the same character 得, read "de", is the complement particle (说得好). The negative of this obligation is NOT 不得, but 不用 ("don’t need to").

Examples

我wǒ得děi走zǒu了le。
I have to go.
你nǐ得děi多duō休xiū息xi。
You have to rest more.
学xué中zhōng文wén得děi多duō练liàn习xí。
To learn Chinese you have to practise a lot.

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