Example Sentences#

1. 나연: 아, 이런 큰 공연 있을 때는 진짜 미리 계획 세우고 일찍 가야지.¹
   Nayeon: Ah, for big concerts like this, you really have to plan ahead and go early.
   • 가다 means ‘to go’.
   • -아야지 is a sentence-final ending used to state what must be done, either inwardly as personal resolve or outwardly as a suggestion or reminder. It originated from the form -아야 하지, where the expression -아야 하다 marks the preceding clause as a necessary condition, effectively meaning ‘have to (do something)’; and -지 is a sentence-ending expressing strong affirmation or the speaker’s presumption of shared understanding with the listener, used to assert something considered obvious or mutually understood.