📝 Grammar B1 ✓ Native Reviewed

-아/어야 하다

-a/eoya hada

Must / Have to / Should

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What it means

Express obligation or necessity with -아/어야 하다. This is the "must" or "have to" of Korean — when something is required or necessary.

References Naver Korean Dictionary ↗ 국립국어원 표준국어대사전 ↗
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