"You must help me!"

Translation: 你一定要帮我！

[theShmuli]

why does it need both yi ding and yao to mean must?

[Cinnamon5230]

要 is necessary, 一定 is optional. 你一定帮我 means "You certainly help me", which is something else.

[RobinThor]

So why is 你一定要帮我 not "you definitely want to help me"?
It seems that 一定 is usually used for speculation ("That must be great") but not here.

[fhwqhgads]

The key is that Chinese is a high-context language. The situation will inform the listener of whether they want to help or must help. This cannot be captured on Duolingo, which is always acontextual.

[PierreDufour2]

要 is want or have to, it's have to in this case

[rianwardana]

Thanks for the explanation. It certainly helps

[BrunetAnne]

Merci bien pour ce commentaire

[Gelukservaring]

The hover-over hints suggest that 'yi ding' is a possible translation of 'must'. And it isn't?

[ToEach_TheirOwn]

Once again the hints fail me.

[Riven333]

How does "一定要" differ from "需要"?

[TarGrrrl]

How does "must" differ from "need to"? :-)

[hadj.b]

哈哈哈

[deactivated user]

I thought a cry for help, especially in emergencies is 救命 jiùmìng (救命我 jiùmìng wǒ - Help me!) They say it in all the Chinese Wuxia dramas!

[deactivated user]

不要。你凑合送作堆。

[Jihel5]

Well, the hints are wrong

[Oleg324122]

你应该帮我！marked as wrong. Why so?

[fhwqhgads]

I'd say "must" is stronger than "should". Maybe Duo agrees. Maybe they agree with you, and if you report it, they'll add it.

[ABA_BAB]

same here, would like to know why too

[user7122]

笑 哈哈哈