EP70
-어야겠다
eoyagetda
I should; I'd better
What does -어야겠다 (eoyagetda) mean in Korean?
How to Use
Used for a decision you have just made about what you need to do.
Rule: Choose -아야겠다 after a stem with ㅏ or ㅗ (가야겠다), -어야겠다 elsewhere (먹어야겠다), and 해야겠다 for 하다 verbs. The subject is almost always 'I'; the polite form is -아/어야겠어요.
Examples
이제 자야겠어요.
I should go to bed now.
좀 더 신경 써야겠어요.
I'd better pay more attention.
내일부터 운동해야겠어요.
I should start exercising tomorrow.
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