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debe de irles

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ES > EN	#883045 by nitram (GB), Last modified: 2017-11-30, 01:16 Spam? Qué tal debe de irles a Daisy y a Pip? How are Daisy and Pip doing? But I'm not sure of the role played by 'deber' , meaning 'must' in English. It may be just a Spanish idiom, not directly translatable.

Answer:	RESPONSE TO: #883045 AT: 2017-11-30, 01:16	#895084
	by Darío S, 2018-08-10, 00:12 Spam? 142.240.200... YOU TRANSLATED: Qué tal debe de irles a Daisy y a Pip? YOU REFERRED TO: How are Daisy and Pip doing? YOU SAID: But I'm not sure of the role played by 'deber' , meaning 'must' in English. It may be just a Spanish idiom, not directly translatable. _________________________________________________________________________ *RESPONSE* IT IS WRITTEN: ¿Qué será (de la vida) de *Márgara* y *Pipe? IT MEANS: How's (the life of) Daisy and Pip going?* *How're (the lives of) Daisy and Pip going?* TAKEN FROM: How are Daisy and Pip doing? EXPLANATION: Deisy is the anglicism of *Daisy* which is the nickname for Margaret Pip is the anglicism of *Pip* which is the nickname for Philip *¿Qué tal debe (de) irles a...?* or *¿Qué tal estarán...?* It is bad syntax. You can also SAY: *¿Cómo le (debe de) estar yendo a...?* MEANS: *How are (they doing) Daisy and Pip?* The words between parenthesis can be omitted. The verb *deber* can be translated or omitted depending of the context

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