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Foundations

Separate time, ability and intention

Explanation

Past, future, obligation and possibility are different claims. 갔어요 says someone went; 갈 거예요 normally gives a future plan or prediction. 가야 해요 means that going is necessary. 갈 수 있어요 means that going is possible. A distractor can preserve the verb but change this relationship.

Watch negative expressions too. 안 가요 says that someone does not go; 못 가요 says that they cannot go. In a passage, a reason such as 일이 있어서 may explain an inability to accept an invitation. Do not turn that reason into an agreement to attend.

Examples and what to notice

오늘은 못 가요. 내일 갈 거예요.

I cannot go today. I will go tomorrow.

표를 사야 해요. / 표를 살 수 있어요.

I need to buy a ticket. / I can buy a ticket.

책을 읽으려고 해요.

I intend to read a book; it is not yet a statement that I finished it.

Apply it to a question

  1. Read each example and identify the form that carries the information discussed above.
  2. Cover the explanation and explain the difference in meaning in your own words.
  3. Move to a listening or reading question type and check the complete sentence before choosing an answer.

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