Vous auriez dû
You should have
Context: The passenger insists the driver should have foreseen this.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Vous
[voo]
You
The person or people being addressed.
Vous avez un rendez-vous.
You have an appointment.
auriez
[o-ree-ay]
would have
Conditional tense indicating the likelihood of action.
Vous auriez pu venir.
You could have come.
dû
[dew]
had to
Necessity or obligation in the past.
Vous auriez dû prévenir.
You should have warned.
Phrase Parts
Vous auriez
Dû
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