면접 준비는 잘돼 가?
Is preparing for your interview going well?
응, 예상 질문을 뽑아서 답변을 생각해 보는 중이었어.
Yes, I am picking expected questions and thinking about my reply.
그렇구나. 그런데 손톱을 왜 이렇게 물어뜯어?
I see. But, why bite off your nails like this?
면접을 상상하니까 긴장돼서 그런 것 같아. 어렸을 때부터 그랬어.
I think it’s because I’m imagining the interview so I’m nervous. I was like this since I was a child.
한국 속담에 세 살 적 버릇이 여든까지 간다는 말이 있는데 네가 그 경우네.
There is a saying in the Korean proverb – that a three-year-old habit continues until you’re eighty – you’re just like that.
엄마한테 혼난 적도 많지만 어디 쉽게 고칠 수가 있어야지.
There are many times I got scolded by my mom but it’s not easily fixed.
V+ 을/ㄹ 수가 있어야지요.
As it is attached to an action verb’s stem, it is used when it emphasizes the situation which could not show the action. It is able to use with ‘어디’.
‘-ㄹ 수가 있어야지요’ is used if it ends with a vowel of an action verb’s stem or ‘ㄹ’. Other than that, ‘-을 수가 있어야지요’ is used when it ends with a consonant.
가: 할아버지께서 안 드셨는데 먼저 먹으면 어떡해?
Your grandfather did not eat the meal yet, How could you eat it at first?
나: 죄송해요. 배고파서 어디 참을 수가 있어야지요.
I am sorry. I could not wait since I was hungry.
가 : 내일 같이 조조할인 영화 보러 갈래요?
Shall we go to see a matinee tomorrow?
나 : 아침 잠이 많아서 일찍 일어날 수가 있어야지요.
Since I am a heavy sleeper in the morning, it is hard to wake up early.
어제 미영 씨에게 고백을 못 했어요. 너무 떨려서 어디 고백할 수가 있어야지요.
Yesterday I could not confess my love to Ms. Mi Young. Since it made me so nervous, it was hard to confess.
Related words
답변 reply
손톱 (finger) nail
물어뜯다 to bite off
상상 imagination
버릇 habit
속담 proverb
세 살 적 버릇이 여든까지 간다 Old habit dies hard
혼나다 to get a scolding
Cre: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute
