"You do not have to."

Translation: Du behøver ikke.

[JaxOfBo]

If you wanted to add another verb, would you add it in the infinitive form after "ikke?" For example, to say "You don't have to eat the cheese" would you say "Du behøver ikke spise osten?"

[SanneTofte]

yes

[megmccaliano]

Why doesn't "du har ikke" make sense as a translation here?

[West.Ben]

I think har is more have, so du har ikke would mean to not have something.

[zeusttu]

Is there a difference between "you have to" as in someone tells you to and "you just have to" as in you want it so badly you can't refrain from doing it? Or are they both behøver? To me behøver makes most sense in the second case.

[PetruTighi]

What about "Du skal ikke?" I thought this is also correct but I got the message from duolingo that it's wrong.

[weirdact]

Could we also say " Du er ikke nødt til" ?

[Magda835502]

Shouldn't the English sentence be 'You don't need to'?

[Elmiramontes]

Why not: "I har ikke til" or "Du har ikke til"?
Too literal?

[RubenDansk]

Because that is litteraly translated from English. If you want to study the Grammar/Word Order, take a look at German or Dutch. It is quite similar.

[pablopublico]

What about "Du må ikke"? Takk.

[zeusttu]

I think that means "you're not allowed to".

[pablopublico]

Takk!