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. 친구도 찾아야 하고, 배워야 할 것도 많아.” 어린 왕자가 대답했다.⁴
   I have friends to find, and so many things to learn,” the little prince replied.
   • 찾다 means ‘to find’ or ‘to look for’.
   • -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.
5. 고기는 꼭 먹어야 해!⁵
   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.
6. “우선 저기 풀밭에, 나와 조금 떨어져 앉아 있어야 해.⁴
   “First, you must sit over there in the grass, a little apart from me.
   • 있다 means ‘to exist’, and here functions as an auxiliary verb indicating that the state or result of the preceding statement continues over time.
   • -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.
7. 하지만 네가 아무 때나 온다면, 나는 몇 시에 마음의 준비를 해야 할지 알 수 없을 거야…”⁴
   But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour to prepare my heart…”
   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • -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.