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- "Dnes na ni nemáme čekat."
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Axel591520
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Could somebody please explain, why "We do not have to wait for her today" is not accepted. I do not see much of a difference between this sentence and the proposal "We are not supposed to wait for her today".
'we are not expected to wait for her today' is not accepted. I was just experimenting. It seems to me we are in the realm of social expectations, even ethics. In another language 'be expected' might be used. 'Not supposed' can mean 'forbidden'. But in English 'to be supposed' isn't always used as a social expectation, rather as a possibility, eg 'What was I supposed to do?'.