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-(으)ㄹ 수밖에 없다: Have No Choice But To
2025-05-31
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Example Sentences#

  1. 앞으로 나아갈 수밖에 없었어1
    I had no choice but to keep moving forward.
    • 없다 means ‘to not exist’.
    • -ㄹ 수밖에 없다 is a grammatical structure used to indicate that there is no other option or possibility, meaning ‘have no choice but to’ or ‘can only’.
    • is a past tense marker.
    • is a casual ending used in informal speech.

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  1. Sentence from The Red Ribbon.

-(으)ㄹ 수밖에 없다: Have No Choice But To
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/-으ㄹ-수밖에-없다-have-no-choice-but-to/
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2025-05-31