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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
来週テストがあるので、それまでにこの本を読んでおかなければなりません。
= Because there's a test next week, I have to read this book by then.
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I am quite confusing about the おかなければなりません in here. おかなければ to me it means "if I don't do it"... but what about なりません？(it's a negative form of なる, right?) So this "double negatives" emphasizes the importance of "I have to read this book"??