How to use Korean Grammar V + 아 / 어 / 여야겠다

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Verb + / / 여야겠다

In the Korean language, -아야겠다 / -어야겠다 / -여야겠다 is used to express one's personal thoughts about something they should do or have better off doing. It can be translated as "I had better...", "I think I should...", "I guess I have to...".

See examples,

오늘은 날씨가 좋으니까 산책을 가야겠어요.

Korean

오늘

날씨

좋다

산책

가다

English

today

weather

good

walking

to go

The weather is nice today so I guess I should go for a walk.

오늘 날씨으니까 산책야겠+어요.

너무 피곤해서 일찍 자야겠습니다.

Korean

너무

피곤하다

일찍

자다

English

very

tired

early

to sleep

I’m too tired so I had better go to bed early.

너무 피곤하+여서 일찍 자야겠+습니다.

날씨가 추워졌으니까 옷을 더 입어야겠어요.

Korean

날씨

춥다

입다

English

weather

cold

clothes

more

to wear

The weather got colder so I had better wear more clothes.

날씨 춥+어지++으니까 더 입어야겠+어요.

많이 늦었으니까 빨리 집에 가야겠어요.

Korean

많이

늦다

빨리

가다

English

a lot

late

fast

home

to go

It's very late, so I should go home quickly.

많이 늦+으니까 빨리 집야겠+어요.

Quick reference (click to open)

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).