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hopefully this is just a quick one!
I'm wondering how one would say a sentence like 'You must take off your shoes then, put them in the basket'. I know
靴を脱がなければなりません
バスケットに置きます
could be used for each part separately. But, how would you combine these? Would you use the negative te-form of なる then add から？i.e.
靴を脱がなければならないでから、バスケットに置きま
Thank you for any help!
You can say:
靴を脱いでバスケットに入れなければなりません。
Or you can add から and say (although this is not necessary):
靴を脱いでからバスケットに入れなければなりません。
I hope you understand how this works. Simply treat 靴を脱ぐ and バスケットに入れる as a paired action combined with the te-form.
