should Signification, définition

Signification de should en français

• 0 indicates what is best -- devrais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient

  • You should wear a hat in the sun. Tu devrais porter un chapeau au soleil.

  • Do you think I should ask for more time? Penses-tu que je devrais demander plus de temps ?

  • We should never have come here. Nous n’aurions jamais dû venir ici.

• 1 indicates what is expected -- devrais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient

  • They should be back by around 3 p.m. Ils devraient être de retour aux alentours de 15h.

  • Profits should increase over the next two years. Les bénéfices devraient agmenter sur les deux prochaines années.

  • You shouldn’t have any trouble answering these questions. Vous ne devriez pas avoir de problèmes pour répondre à ces questions.

• 2 indicates a possibility -- si

  • Contact us should you require any further information. Contactez-nous si vous avez bzsoin de toute information supplémentaire.

  • Should the storm hit, the cruise will be canceled. Si l’orage frappe, la croisière sera annulée.

• 3 past tense of shall -- -rais, -rait, -rions, …

  • I thought I should never see you again.

• 4 used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc -- devoir

  • You should hold your knife in your right hand

  • You shouldn’t have said that.

• 5 used to state that something is likely to happen etc -- arriver probablement

  • If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o’clock.

• 6 used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc -- ne pas en revenir que…

  • I’m surprised you should think that.

• 7 used after if to state a condition -- si…

  • If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.

• 8 (with Ior we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible -- si seulement…

  • I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).

• 9 used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising -- et voilà que…

  • I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.