Let's learn how to use "V/A -아/어/해도 되다 [Korean grammar]" and make some example sentences.
V/A -아/어/해도 되다 (Korean Grammar)
USE:
V/A -아/어/해도 되다 Korean grammar pattern is used to ask for or give permission.
It's equals to "May I/ Can I?" or "you can/ you may" in English.
CONJUGATION RULE:
V/A-아/어/해도 되다 grammar can be used with verbs and adjectives. The first step of '아/어/해도 되다’ conjugation is to remove ‘다’ from the base form of the verb or adjectives.
- If the verb stem ends with the vowel ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’, ‘아도 되다’ is used.
- If the verb stem ends with any other vowel, then ‘어도 되다’ is used.
- When the verb ends with 하, the form changes to '해도 되다'.
So let's take a verb 먹다(to eat). if you remove 다 from 먹다, 먹 (stem) is left. And then, look at the last vowel. So in the 먹, the last vowel is 어.
According to the conjugation rule, if the last vowel of stem is 어, we add 어도 되다.
so it becomes 먹어 어도 되다 or 먹어 어도 돼요.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
- Q- 여기 앉아도 돼요? (May I sit here?)
A- 네, 앉으세요. (Yes, please have a seat.) - 화장실에 가도 돼요?( Can I go to restroom?)
- 사진을 찍어도 돼요? (Can I take a picture?)
- 오늘 일찍 집에 가도 돼? ( Can I go home early today?)
- 문을 열어도 돼요? (May I open the door?)
- 문제를 이해하지 못하면 물어봐도 돼요 (You may ask if you don’t understand the question)
EXCEPTIONAL CASES:
듣다 -- 들어도 되다
쓰다 -- 써도 되다
자르다 -- 잘라도 되다
눕다 -- 누워도 되다
