| Let's take a look at the sentence pattern. |
| Do you remember how the character said, |
| Dad, may I borrow your car? |
| 아빠 차 좀 빌려도 돼요? (Appa cha jom billyeodo dwaeyo?) |
| 아빠 차 좀 빌려도 돼요? (Appa cha jom billyeodo dwaeyo?) |
| This sentence follows the pattern here. |
| Let's look at how this pattern is constructed. |
| This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow. |
| Verb stem + -아/어/해도 되다 (Verb stem + -ado / -eodo / haedo doeda) |
| May I [verb]? / Is it okay if I [verb]? |
| This pattern is used when you want to ask for permission. |
| You begin with the verb stem, which is the base form of the verb without 다. Depending on the final vowel of the verb stem, you attach -아도, -어도, or -해도. |
| These forms all mean “even if [I] do [something]” or “is it okay to do [something].” Then you add 되다, which means “to be allowed” or “to be okay.” |
| Let’s see how the line from the dialogue follows this pattern. |
| 아빠 차 좀 빌려도 돼요? (Appa cha jom billyeodo dwaeyo?) |
| Dad, may I borrow your car? |
| In this sentence: |
| 아빠 means “Dad,” showing who is being asked. |
| 차 means “car,” and 좀 is a softening word, often used to sound polite—it loosely means “a little” or “please.” |
| 빌려도 돼요 is the focus. The verb 빌리다 means “to borrow.” Its stem is 빌리, and when you attach -어도, it becomes 빌려도, meaning “even if I borrow.” Then you add 돼요, the polite present form of 되다, which means “is it okay.” |
| So, 아빠 차 좀 빌려도 돼요? means: |
| “Dad, may I borrow your car?” |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| 여기서 기다려도 돼요? (Yeogiseo gidaryeodo dwaeyo) |
| May I wait here? |
| Can you see how the pattern applies here? |
| Let's break it down: |
| Here, ‘기다려도 돼요’ is the key grammar construction. The verb 기다리다 means “to wait.” Its stem is 기다리-, and when combined with -어도 되다, it becomes 기다려도 돼요, meaning “Is it okay if I wait?” or “May I wait?” This fits the Verb stem + -아/어/해도 되다 pattern. |
| The location ‘여기서’ means “here,” marked by the location particle -서, meaning “at” or “in.” It gives the context of where the action is happening, but the grammar structure itself is shown in 기다려도 돼요. |
| Here's another example |
| 이 서류를 좀 봐도 돼요? (I seoryureul jom bwado dwaeyo) |
| May I look at this document? |
| 이 서류를 좀 봐도 돼요? (I seoryureul jom bwado dwaeyo) |
| May I look at this document? |
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