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이번엔 진짜 공부해야겠어요 — This time I really have to study — exam season
이번엔 진짜 공부해야겠어요 — This time I really have to study — exam season. Lesson 11 of Level 3A in the Haeyo Korean regular course.
What you will be able to do
- Say what it takes — 'only if …' — with -아/어야: 매일 복습해야 시험을 잘 볼 수 있어요. · 해 봐야 알아요.
- Make a promise to yourself, or say what someone should do, with -아/어야지(요): 이번엔 진짜 공부해야지. · 시험 전날에는 일찍 자야지요.
- Say you were just about to do something with -(으)려던 참이다: 안 그래도 전화하려던 참이었어요. · 저도 지금 가려던 참이에요.
- Talk about how you study — review, memorise, organise, focus, stay up all night, cram: 그날 배운 건 그날 복습해요. · 벼락치기는 안 해야지.
Grammar in this lesson
- A/V-아/어야 — only if … — the one condition you can't skip
- V-아/어야지(요) — I'm going to … · of course you should … — promises and what is right
- V-(으)려던 참이다 — I was just about to … — perfect timing