Breakdown of sigani eobseoseo pyeonjireul mos sseoyo.
Questions & Answers about sigani eobseoseo pyeonjireul mos sseoyo.
없어서 combines the verb 없다 with the connective ending -아서/어서 to express cause or reason.
So 시간이 없어서 means “because I don’t have time.”
If you simply said 시간이 없어요, you’d only be stating “I don’t have time,” without directly linking it to the next clause.
- Remove the dictionary ending -다 from 없다 to get the stem 없-.
- According to Korean vowel harmony, since the stem vowel is ㅓ, you attach -어서 (not -아서).
- Combine them: 없
- 어서 = 없어서.
The ending -아서/어서 links two clauses by showing that the first clause is the reason or cause for the second.
In 시간이 없어서 편지를 못 써요, it tells us “(I) can’t write a letter” because “(I) don’t have time.”
No. The ending simply means “and” (as in sequential actions or listing).