French language Q&A Forum

Bonjour,

In one of the examples above:
Maintenant que ses parents n'étaient plus là, elle devait s'occuper de sa sœur.

However I'm confused because it states that Devoir with l'imparfait is "was supposed to [do]", however the translation is:
Now that her parents were gone, she had to take care of her sister.

Why is it not:
Now that her parents were gone, she was supposed to take care of her sister.

Merci

Je trouve ça difficile écoute quellefois. Comme, parce que à 16h

J'écoute 

Par kes cest heure 

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"j'ai beaucoup appris sur la culture française" ?

Any rules here ? 

Thanks. Paul.

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I did not understand the differences in how "to take care of" translates into french? 

I double checked this on verbix.com and they show the following  

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