V/A+ 어/아/여서야 어디 V/A+ 겠어요?

V/A + 어서야/아서야/여서야 어디 … 겠어요?
As it is attached to an action verb’s stem or descriptive verb’s stem, it indicates that the action in the following clause never can happen in the situation of the preceding clause. Generally, 이렇게, 그렇게, 저렇게 are used in front of the preceding clause.

흐엉 씨, 프레젠테이션 자료는 다 준비했어요?
Miss Huong, did you prepare all the presentation materials?
네, 여기 있어요. 그동안 조사했던 통계 자료를 다 반영하느라고 시간이 좀 걸렸어요.
Yes, here it is. It took some time to reflect on all of the statistical data we have surveyed.
한번 볼까요? 음, 이렇게 만들어서야 어디 사업 계획서가 통과될 수 있겠어요?
Should I take a look? Well, if you make it like this, how can our business plan be passed?
만들기 전에 선배님들의 조언을 많이 들었는데요.
Before making it, I heard a lot of advice from the seniors.
그래도 이건 너무 산만해 보여요. 제가 전에 만든 것을 보여 줄 테니까 참고하세요.
But this seems a little unfocused. I will show you what I made before so use it for reference.
네, 그러면 참고해서 수정해 보겠습니다.
Yes, then I will reference it and try to modify it.

‘-아서야’ is used when the last syllable of an action verb’s stem is ‘ㅏ, ㅗ’. Other than that, ‘-어서야’ is used if it ends with a vowel (ㅓ,ㅜ,ㅡ,ㅣ). ‘-여서야(해서야)’ is used if ‘하-‘ is used.

이렇게 비가 많이 와서야 어디 산에 가겠어요?
With this much rain, how will you go to the mountains?

그렇게 공부를 안 해서야 어디 대학교에 입학할 수 있겠어요?
Without studying, how will you go to university?

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저렇게 사람들이 많아서야 어디 빵을 살 수 있겠어요?
With so many people there, how will you buy bread?

Related words
프레젠테이션(presentation) presentation
통계 statistical data
반영 reflection
사업 계획서 business plan
통과 pass (through)
조언 advice
산만하다 to be unfocused
참고 reference
수정 modification

Cre: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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