준비 해야되

[imaBALLER]

준비 해야되

Just wondering what this means? I take it to mean "I have to get ready" "Or I need to prepare".

It was in the context of a msn conversation and my friend said she had to go to work. I asked 지금? And she replied - 준비 해야되.

Thanks

[manyakumi]

You already know the correct answer.

Actually, it should be 준비해야 돼 not 준비 해야되.

[imaBALLER]

Thanks for that.

I think I copy and pasted that from the conversation, so it's interesting that she made that error. I didn't pick up on it when I posted.

I wonder if she did it on purpose, misspelled, or was using slang?

[manyakumi]

No wonder.

It is one of the most frequent case of misspelling by native Koreans.

[julialim]

Let me give you more examples for better understanding.
-해야 한다.(basic form)/-해야 해.(casual, unformal form) means "should" or "have to"in English.

너는 음식 준비해야 해(you should prepare food)
I should study hard for a scholarship. :장학금을 위해 열심히 공부해야 해.
Daddy, you should drive carefully.(아빠, 운전 조심해야 해요.)

[imaBALLER]

Julia, so in this situation...

She was kinda saying "I have to get ready" and the 돼 meant "in order for things to be ok"

So kinda like "I have to get ready (so i can arrive on time)"?

[julialim]

please tell me your situation. What is it about?
and then I will explain you~

[manyakumi]

So kinda like "I have to get ready (so i can arrive on time)"?

Exactly.
Let's break this down.

준비하다(to prepare) + ~아/어/여야 되다(must, have to) + 아/어(imperative ending in intimate level of speech)

준비하 + 여야 되 + 어 > 준비하여야 되어 > 준비해야 돼

하여 > 해
하여야 > 해야, 하여서 > 해서, 하여라 > 해라
되어 > 돼
되어야 > 돼야, 되어서 > 돼서, 되어라 > 돼라

[imaBALLER]

Thanks guys!

I am at the point where I can recognise what grammar means, but there is now way I could break it down like you just did manyakumi.

It's interesting how many layers there are in a sentence, and how there is an implication beyond the words.

[manyakumi]

준비하다(to prepare) + ~아/어/여야 되다(must, have to) + 아/어(imperative ending in intimate level of speech)

준비하 + 여야 되 + 어 > 준비하여야 되어 > 준비해야 돼

Ooops, I did a mistake.
That ending was not used as an imperative in that sentence.
Just as a declarative ending.