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    1 day ago

    Wir müssten mal die Küche aufräumen = we should tidy up the kitchen

    Wir mussten mal die Küche aufräumen = we had to clean the kitchen, once.

    it’s the german revenge for the fact that “must not” means its forbidden to do a thing and not that you don’t have to do the thing.