ID	c26738ee-b5d7-40bc-817a-4927e13e05ee
ROAM_ALIASES	"Obligations in Korean" "-어야 뒤다" "-어야 하다"
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“Have to, must” in Korean

In Korean, obligations can be expressed with the patterns:

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The form using 되다 is more common colloquially.

집에 가야 돼요: I have to go home.
더 많이 먹어야 해요: I need to eat much more.
숙제하고 있어요. 내일까지 해야 돼요.: I am doing homework. It needs to be done by tomorrow.

Etymology

Where does the -어야 되다 construction come from?

[v.]어야: "only if": a suffix indicating a condition essential to realise some goal.[cite:@wiktionary:81585134@talktomeinkoreanTalkMeKorean2015] "Only when [v.] is done."
되다: to become/arrive, to be permissible/okay.
하다: to do

All together, the literal translation of the "have to" construct is something along the lines of

[v.]어야 되다: only if [v.] is done, it is okay.

References

[cite:@talktomeinkoreanTalkMeKorean2015]

“Have to, must” in Korean

Etymology

See also

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