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Oh I can't! But you must!

How do different languages handle situations like this where english has a "zero verb"?

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Oh I can't! But you must!
O, ich kann nicht! Aber du musst/Sie mussen!

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Oh I can't! But you must!
O, ich kann nicht! Aber du musst/Sie mussen!

Oh, je ne peux pas! Mais il le faut!

哦，不用啦！太多了！
不行，快點拿去！ (In the context of gift giving upon entering someone's home. This may or may not repeat itself at least 2-3 times)

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Isn't it Sie müssen?

Quite so.

O, ik kan niet! Maar jij moet! (BTW: according to me, in french it's much the same: je ne peux pas, mais toi, tu dois! )

In the French translation, could tu dois / vous devez have been used also?

哦
我不能
但你必须

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What do you mean by "zero verb"?

Does that mean that you don't say *cans or *musts?
I assume you are not interested in cans.

I decided I'll not make Finnish translation but again I'm gonna make.
Täytyä/pitää 'must' is a zeroverb in Finnish (if zero verb is what I suppose). But voida 'can' is not.

So Voi, En voi, mutta sinun pitää/täytyy.
The first voi means oh. As probably know en is 'I don't' the negation verb and voi is the verb stem so, is the negation structure after all a zero verb.
Pitää demands the subject is genitive and accusative object in nominative and is inflected in 3sg. So a nice ergative structure.
Indeed evnen Finnish zeroverbs have an infinitive (infinitives exactly) which thus happens to be pitää.

Maybe there are no real zero verbs in Finnish but one-verbs (yksipersoonainen verbi) that are inflected in only one person.

Very well handled.

I just took the liberty to sort things a little bit.

Oh I can't! But you must!
O, ich kann nicht! Aber du musst / Sie müssen!
O, ik kan niet! Maar jij moet!

Unfortunately my french is far beyond that:
Oh, je ne peux pas! Mais il le faut!
Oh, je ne peux pas! Mais toi/vous , tu dois/vous devez!

哦，不用啦！太多了！
不行，快點拿去
(In the context of gift giving upon entering someone's home. This may or may not repeat itself at least 2-3 times)


哦
我不能
但你必须

Voi, En voi, mutta sinun pitää/täytyy.

goshpeshyshta
dhada! im onue ysaik ko | gain go ysaik kib
Oh! can NEG do I | but must do you
I cannot do it! But you must do it!

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I just took the liberty to sort things a little bit.

Oh I can't! But you must!
O, ich kann nicht! Aber du musst / Sie müssen!
O, ik kan niet! Maar jij moet!

Unfortunately my french is far beyond that:
Oh, je ne peux pas! Mais il le faut!
Oh, je ne peux pas! Mais toi/vous , tu dois/vous devez!

哦，不用啦！太多了！
不行，快點拿去
(In the context of gift giving upon entering someone's home. This may or may not repeat itself at least 2-3 times)


哦
我不能
但你必须

Voi, En voi, mutta sinun pitää/täytyy.
Vuoi, Mun in sáhte, muhto don fertet.

goshpeshyshta
dhada! im onue ysaik ko | gain go ysaik kib
Oh! can NEG do I | but must do you
I cannot do it! But you must do it!

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Oh I can't! But you must!

Selinki

Je mizmejjzl! A dary tale!
[je mizm"ejz`l a Dar"}: t"a:le]
I NEG-may/can-1SG but you-LOC need

Oh, I can't! But you must!

Zidhgebzhail

ai, vy Enoips! houdzh dy Enovd!



Oh, I can't do. But you must do.

The verb could be changed depending on what exactly cannot/must be done.

Dan

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Valar morghulis.

Zidhgebzhail Orthography

Wateu

Xe kuxua mai. Teya kommo no.
PRS NEG.Be_able 1s but must 2s
'I am not able. But you must'

I'm not really sure about the underlying structure; at what node the auxiliary verb joins the construction etc.

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Rinaki has model/auxillary suffixes not seperate words for can/must.

Os, ntsayrupfutpay, uwau hnunusha ntsayrupfutpi!
Oh! ntsay-rupfu-tpay, uwau hnunu-sha ntsay-rupfu-tpi
Oh! SMTHNG-do-ABLITY, but 2.SG-AGT SMTHNG-do-OBLIGATION
Oh I can't! But you must!

Pazmat:

"Ē, ix! Cla, yafe!"
[ē, i-ix! Cla, ya-fe!]
[oh, be.1.SG-NEG! But, must-2.SG!]

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Banami bhjaddhos rafi mau cy vyaja cecerror.
Fools do not see the sun nor sail the seas
-Azenti Proverb

Korpasian uses the Potential and Obligative moods with the verb "do".

Korpasian

Tap yokldzum! Tap yokanniet!
ta-p yok-ldzu-m ta-p yok-annie-t
that-ACC do-POT-1SG.TEL that-ACC do-OBLIG-2SG.TEL

POT = Potential Mood
OBLIG = Obligative Mood
TEL = Telic

This implies a demand to do a particular thing. If the demand was something like "do something, ANYTHING!" the Atelic endings would be used and the demonstratives omitted.

Yokldzuš! Yokanniel!
yok-ldzu-š yok-annie-l
do-POT-1SG.ATEL do-OBLIG-2SG.ATEL

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Mekoshan
Alpic

Probably that there are no "main verbs" in the clauses, only auxiliaries. "Normally", auxiliary verbs are followed by a main verb.

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Aloha:
Ā, ma sran! Aniau rarrah!
/ a mʌ sɹʌɴ! ʌŋaʊ rærʌh /
Voc not can.1sg! But must.2sg!

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Talaṃs kalakena rāmah, saktalam pegna bhūmavic ca.
See a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower.
Omkāṃs tava sutvantayam pharo, Omnem leya jeya ca.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.