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Does -(으)면 되다 mean. "All (someone) has to do is...."/"(someone) just has to..."/"It's enough just to...."?
Does -(으)면 되다 mean. "All (someone) has to do is...."/"(someone) just has to..."/"It's enough just to...."?
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@nicer: "출발하기 2시간 전에 표를 사러 역에 가면 돼요."
It seemed like it translated to, "All you have to do is go to the train station two hours before departure to buy a ticket."
If I'm right in the usage of, "(으)면 되다", is it used in regular conversation?
It seemed like it translated to, "All you have to do is go to the train station two hours before departure to buy a ticket."
If I'm right in the usage of, "(으)면 되다", is it used in regular conversation?
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it means that you can buy ticket if you go two hours before. is it thing you want to tell? or you have to go two hours before to buy ticket?
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@nicer: Oh, no it isn't for me. It was an example sentence for another grammatical structure, but I was trying to figure out if the (으)면 되다 meant what I asked before.
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@nicer: The way I'm using "have to" isn't a command, more like just telling someone that there's a simple step they need to follow to get something done. "Have to" in this context isnt ordering, but giving a suggestion.
When you say this, it's sort of like saying, "It would be best if you ___".
Let's say you move to a new area, so you're attending a new school. You will be given a tour and everything, but most likely there will be a "Meet-your-teachers event", where you will meet your teachers and find out more about them. These events are always held after school hours are over. The person that's giving you a tour might say "Now all that you have to do is go to the "meet-the-teacher event". They're telling you it'd be best to go, but you don't have to. It's just a suggestion. They're encouraging you to do something, but you don't have to do it.
When you say this, it's sort of like saying, "It would be best if you ___".
Let's say you move to a new area, so you're attending a new school. You will be given a tour and everything, but most likely there will be a "Meet-your-teachers event", where you will meet your teachers and find out more about them. These events are always held after school hours are over. The person that's giving you a tour might say "Now all that you have to do is go to the "meet-the-teacher event". They're telling you it'd be best to go, but you don't have to. It's just a suggestion. They're encouraging you to do something, but you don't have to do it.
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ㅡ으면 되다. is suggestion too. but maybe best way or possible range.
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@ThatOneWeirdFangirl: Alright, so, the direct translation of ~으면 되다 is, "If you do ~, it works". As a result, the natural translation in English would be, "you can ~".
It can also be translated, as you're asking, to "you just have to..." or "all you need to do..." based on the context where it's used. However, it's usually not translated as this because this translation doesn't usually work.
For example,
지금 가면 돼요 is much better translated as "you can go now" rather than as "all you need to do is go now."
As for your sentence, however, keep in mind that what it actually says in Korean is,
"if you go to the train station two hours before departure to buy a ticket, it works."
But as you can hopefully see, in this situation, a more natural translation into English would be, "all you have to do is...", even though it may not usually be translated as this.
I hope this answered all your questions :)
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@ThatOneWeirdFangirl: I'm not sure if I actually answered what you were asking about, but hopefully I did 😅
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The grammar ~(으)면 되다 is ~(으)면 + 되다. 되다 in this case expresses (gives the 느낌) that "there will be no problem". The opposite is ~(으)면 안 되다. You can also see it in (안) 아/어도 되다 which has a very similar meaning.
It is more literally translated to "if you do.. there will be no problem", which is more commonly translated to "you should... you can... you must... etc.". This is the "느낌" that it has.
It can be used when one is giving advice/a suggestion to someone who asks for help.
"If you do ... there will be no problem".
Your sentence might be in the context of someone asking when they can buy a ticket and the speaker is giving a suggestion. You can translate it into a million ways (including those that you gave), so don't think of it too literally as there are many ways to express it in English.
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