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Grammar detail: verb なくて form + はなりません

verb なくて form + はなりません  have to do
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verb negative stem
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なくて(は)なりません
expresses obligation: 'to have to' do something.
わたし
もう
かなくて
はなりません
I must be going now.
The more informal version is 〜なくてはならない.
もう
かなくて
はならない
I've got to leave soon.
The は is optional - it makes the phrase a little more emphatic.
This construction is essentially a direct alternative to なくてはいけません. いけません might be used for a direct prohibition to an individual, where なりません might be used for a more general rule.
In informal speech, the ならない may be omitted, which can be a little confusing, since the remaining part may look like a negative statement! For example:
もう
しゅっぱつ
出発
しなくて
おも
います

I guess we should leave now.
Or simply unfinished - for example:
あなた
じぶん
自分
しゅうにゅう
収入
みあ
見合
った
せいかつ
生活
しなくて
You have to rein in your lifestyle to match your income.
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Kanji used in this grammar

シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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シ   おも to think   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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シュウ   おさめる to supply; to pay; to achieve; to obtain   
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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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