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Does ~야 돼요 mean "should" or "have to"?
Does ~야 돼요 mean "should" or "have to"?
I've been told it means both, but "should" and "have to" mean different things in English. Which is ~야 돼요 closer to?
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@Beemo
In English, the expression "should/have to/need to/must" have their own unique distinction as to where you'll use them. In Korean on the other hand, these distinctions don't exist. 야 돼요 could mean all of them. We really don't distinguish their distinctions that much.
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@Beemo
In English, the expression "should/have to/need to/must" have their own unique distinction as to where you'll use them. In Korean on the other hand, these distinctions don't exist. 야 돼요 could mean all of them. We really don't distinguish their distinctions that much.
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