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-아야지(요)

Intermediate · TOPIK IIEndingForms: -아야지 · -어야지 · -여야지 · -아야지요 · -어야지요 · -여야지요

(informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate the speaker's determination or will.

Meaning

  1. 1

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate the speaker's determination or will.

    (두루낮춤으로) 말하는 사람의 결심이나 의지를 나타내는 종결 어미.

  2. 2

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate that the listener or another person is supposed to do a certain thing or be in a certain state.

    (두루낮춤으로) 듣는 사람이나 다른 사람이 어떤 일을 해야 하거나 어떤 상태여야 함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

  3. 3

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to emphasize that someone or something is supposed to be in a certain situation or state, but it is not so.

    (두루낮춤으로) 어떤 상황이나 상태여야 하는데 그렇지 않음을 강조하여 나타내는 종결 어미.

Example sentences

  • I must never live like a coward.

  • If a good opportunity comes this time, I must seize it.

  • When I get a job and earn money, I should pay off my debts first.

  • Why do you keep meddling and telling me what to do?

    Ugh, forget it. I'll just have to put up with it.

  • The harder things get, the more we should help each other.

  • If a person has done wrong, they should feel ashamed.