How to use Korean Grammar V + 아 / 어 / 여도 되다

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Verb + 아도 / 어도 / 여도 되다

In Korean, -아도 / -어도 / -여도 되다 is used to express permission or allowance.

See examples,

들어가도 돼요?

Korean

들어가다

English

to come in

Can I come in?

들어가+아도 되+어요?

도서관에서 책을 빌려도 됩니다.

Korean

도서관

빌리다

English

library

book

to borrow

You can borrow books from the library.

도서관에서 빌리+어도 되+ㅂ니다.

여기 앉으셔도 돼요.

Korean

여기

앉다

English

here

to sit

You can sit here.

여기 앉으시+어도 되+어요.

저를 5분만 기다려도 돼요?

Korean

기다리다

English

I

minute

to wait

Can you wait for me for just 5 minutes?

5분 기다리+어도 되+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 ).