-어야

어야 Korean Alternative forms ko -여야 used after ko 하다 verbs and adjectives Etymology From ko okm - -어〮ᅀᅡ〮 é-zá, from ko oko 良沙 *-a-sa; equivalent to the addition of the particle ko -야 to the infinitive suffix ko -어. Cognate with jje -어사 which preserves the original consonant. Compare ko -어서. Pronunciation Suffix -아야 suffix only if: a suffix indicating a strong, essential condition which has to be achieved to realize a certain goal. ko -면 -려면 -거든 ko 물-을 많이 마셔야 살-을 뺄 수 있-어. You have to drink a lot of water to be able to lose weight. You can lose weight only if you drink a lot of water. ko 그 짓 안 했-어야지... 그래야 사람-이-지! He shouldn't have done such a thing... He doesn't even deserve to be called a person otherwise! He shouldn't have done such a thing... Only if he does so [i.e. he still did what he shouldn't have] is he a human being! no matter: a suffix indicating that an action or a state has no influence over a certain situation, often questioning the extent of it. ko -어도 -더라도 -자 ko 알-겠--지만, 예뻐야 얼마나 예쁘-겠--나? I got that, but granted she is pretty, how pretty can she really be? I understand that, but no matter if she is pretty, how pretty will she be? ko 아무리 열심히 연습해 봐야 원어민-처럼 말할 수-는 없-을 거-예요. No matter how diligently you may practice, you won't be able to speak like a native. Usage notes For vowel harmony, contractions, and allomorphy, see ko -어#Usage_notes -아/어/여. Since ko -어야 expresses condition or futility, the past tense marker ko -었- is not used in the second clause. Similarly to ko -어서, ko -어야 cannot be followed by imperative or propositive clauses. When ko -어야 expresses condition, it is most likely to be followed by ko 하다 or ko 되다 to express obligation or necessity. To intensify the meaning of the condition, ko -만 and ko -지 are added to ko -어야. In the second sense, the suffix is usually accompanied by ko 아무리 or is used in the interrogative construction ko R-어-봐야 얼마나 R-겠-. Derived terms ko -어야 되다, ko -어야 하다