Example Sentences#

1. 눈을 감아야 진짜가 보여¹
   Close your eyes to see what’s real

   • 감다 means ‘to close one’s eyes’.
   • -아야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.

2. 앨리스: “여기서 어느 쪽으로 가야 할지 말씀해 주시겠어요?”²
   Alice: “Would you please tell me which way I should go from here?”

   • 가다 means ‘to go’.
   • -아야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.

3. 아마 실제로 십자가형을 당해야 하는 상황이 온다면, 저는 그것을 이겨낼 수 있을 것입니다.³
   Perhaps if a situation were to come where I had to actually be crucified, I would be able to overcome it.

   • 당하다 means ‘to undergo’ or ‘to suffer’.
   • -여야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.

4. 고기는 꼭 먹어야 해!⁴
   You gotta have some meat!

   • 먹다 means ‘to eat’.
   • -어야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.