"What must we do?"

Translation: מה עלינו לעשות?

[AniKelly69]

Okay, so this doesn't match the hints at all. Can someone explain this please?

[bar_an]

the word עלינו can be used to say that we have a task "on us" that we need to do. For example the sentence "we need to go" can be translated to "עלינו ללכת".

[AniKelly69]

I understand that, but it should be something we learned already or it should be reflected in the hints.

[Lisa_Schneider]

I agree. This is really confusing.

[gsazbon]

For stressing the must won't be better to say: מה אנו חייבים...? Is it possible that מה עלינו לעשות conveys more the idea of what can we do?

[ain15412]

I wonder, shall the word order be strict here and shouldn't "מה לעשות עלינו" be equally acceptable?

[TalGlobus]

That sounds more like "What is to be done to us" but it's an unnatural construction to my ears