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Today’s Phrase
선배한테 여쭤봐야 해요
seon·bae·han·te yeoj·wo·bwa·ya hae·yo
seonbaehante yeojwobwaya haeyo
I need to ask my senior
Cultural Insight
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Phrase Breakdown
선배한테
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to my senior / mentor
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여쭤봐야
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need to ask (humble)
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해요
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I have to
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I need to ask my senior (humble/respectful).
Example Phrases
이건 선배한테 여쭤봐야 해요.
igeon seonbaehante yeojwobwaya haeyo.
I need to ask my senior about this.
이건 is a contraction of 이것은 (‘this’); 여쭤봐야 해요 is the humble form of 물어봐야 해요.
선배가 어떻게 생각하시는지 여쭤볼게요.
seonbaega eotteoke saengakhasineunji yeojwobolgeyo.
I’ll ask what my senior thinks.
생각하시는지 is an indirect question form with the honorific suffix -시; 여쭤볼게요 = I will ask (humbly).
선배한테 물어봐도 돼요?
seonbaehante mureobwado dwaeyo?
Is it okay to ask my senior?
물어봐도 돼요? is a casual permission-asking form; less formal than 여쭤봐도 될까요?
Related Phrases
후배예요
hubaeveyo
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윗사람한테 확인해야 해요
witsaramhante hwakinbwaya haeyo
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상사에게 보고해야 해요
sangsaege bogohaeya haeyo
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Quick Review
우리 말 놓을까요?
Can you recall what this means?
uri mal noeurkkaayo?
Shall we drop the formalities?