"If you have to work, you have to work."

Translation: Se vi devas labori, vi devas labori.

[JakeH1]

[DallyDragon]

Can't someone else do it?

[Pa11en]

Why do you need devas rather than the normal havas?

[KuboF]

"havas" is about possesion, e.g. "Vi havas pomon" = "You have an apple."

When English "have" is more like "must", use "eo: devas", e.g. " You have to pay" ("You must to pay.") = "Vi devas pagi."

[Pa11en]

Dankan por vi helpas.

[GreanThom]

I think "Dankon por via helpo" would be more accurate.

[FelipeMiranda09]

It's like the difference between "tienes" (possesion) and "debes" (obligation) in Spanish.

[JamesB84]

Wouldn't the word "oni" be used here? Also, aren't there "if/then" statements in Esperanto? What about the "then" part?

[makis_eo]

If you were talking in general, jes, but if you were talking to someone who just said they can't attend the esperanto meeting this week on account of work, then no.

[makis_eo]

Oh, if you feel so inclined, add tiuokaze to add in the "then".

[Ehron1]

Nice proverb!

[turombi]

Do you always have to say "vi" twice in a sentence like this, or can you omit the second "vi"?

[claire_resurgent]

If the two clauses were equal to each other then they could be combined, but the SE-clause describes the main clause. Two clauses, two subjects.

[superiacovelli]

So omitting the second vi here should have been accepted? It wasn't for me.

[salivanto]

No, you need both of them.

[AliGhozali]

Mi havas demandon. Se oni uzas "devus" en la unua frazo, ĉu ĝi estas korekte?
Do, la frazo iĝas "Se vi devus labori, vi devas labori".

[PatriciaJH]

Ne. "Vi devas labori" ne estas komando, estas aserto. Mi povas diri, "tro malbona, vi devas labori." Estas descriptiva.

Kiam mi staras apud vi kaj diras, "laboru!« kaj vi komencas labori, tiam mi uzas la imperativon. Tiu estas komando. (Ankaŭ, la finaĵo ne estas -us, estas -u.)

[razvan.stoica00]

Vi ne diras.

[Gabby519466]

Why is it Se? Instead of Cu what does se mean

[Crys_tal]

It means "if"

[AdamScott794079]

Cxu ili estas unu el la tre importaj laboristoj (mi ne scias la vorto por "key worker")

[DrewDdmek]

Why isn't the second "devas" "devi?"

[PatriciaJH]

It's like English. You're using the helping verb like usual -- "have", and then the infinitive -- "to work". So when you have to work, you have to work.

Using devi the second time would be like saying: when you have to work, you to have to work.