Example Sentences#

1. 앨리스: “여기서 어느 쪽으로 가야 할지 말씀해 주시겠어요?”¹
   Alice: “Would you please tell me which way I should go from here?”

   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • -아야 하다 is an expression used to indicate that the preceding statement is a required act or condition to realize a certain situation, meaning ‘have to (do something)’.
   • -ㄹ지 is a connective ending used to indicate uncertainty or doubt about a future action. It encapsulates the clause as a noun form, often used in contexts where there is a question, assumption, or speculation about what will happen.

2. 아마 실제로 십자가형을 당해야 하는 상황이 온다면, 저는 그것을 이겨낼 수 있을 것입니다.²
   Perhaps if a situation were to come where I had to actually be crucified, I would be able to overcome it.

   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • -여야 하다 is an expression used to indicate that the preceding statement is a required act or condition to realize a certain situation, meaning ‘have to (do something)’.
   • 는 is a present tense modifier that makes the preceding statement function as an adnominal phrase describing the following noun.

3. 고기는 꼭 먹어야 해!³
   You gotta have some meat!

   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • -아야 하다 is an expression used to indicate that the preceding statement is a required act or condition to realize a certain situation, meaning ‘have to (do something)’.
   • 여 is a casual ending used in informal speech.