noun: "les devoirs" means "homework." Verb devoir means: Should or must
The French "devoir" is equivalent to the English "must" or "have to."
To have to. ex) J'ai dû ("u" has a circumflex) means "I had to..."
"je vais devoir m'y mettre" means "I will have to undertake that".
devoir (noun) is a masculine word in French.
"Un devoir" in English means "a duty" or "an assignment."
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The verb "devoir" in French means "must," "have to," or "should." It is used to express obligation, necessity, or probability.
Vous devez is French for 'you have'. This is the 2nd person plural for the verb "devoir".
"I am sorry to have to interrupt you" is a literal English equivalent of the French phrase Je regrette de devoir vous interrompre. The pronunciation will be "zhuh ruh-gret dvwar voo-seh-teh-romp" in northerly French and "zhuh ruh gret duh duh-vwar voo-zeh-teh-rom-pruh" in southerly French.
The word "homework" in French, devoir, is masculine.
To say "French assignment" in French, you can say "devoir de français."