-어야의 의미 | Babel Free

정의

1. only if: a suffix indicating a strong, essential condition which has to be achieved to realize a certain goal.
   morpheme
2. no matter: a suffix indicating that an action or a state has no influence over a certain situation, often questioning the extent of it.
   morpheme

예문

“물을 많이 마셔야 살을 뺄 수 있어.”

You have to drink a lot of water to be able to lose weight.

“그 짓 안 했어야지... 그래야 사람이지!”

He shouldn't have done such a thing... He doesn't even deserve to be called a person otherwise!

“알겠지만, 예뻐야 얼마나 예쁘겠나?”

I got that, but granted she is pretty, how pretty can she really be?

“아무리 열심히 연습해 봐야 원어민처럼 말할 수는 없을 거예요.”

No matter how diligently you may practice, you won't be able to speak like a native.

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