sigani eobseumyeon taeksireul tamyeon dwaeyo.

If you don’t have time, you can just take a taxi.

Breakdown of sigani eobseumyeon taeksireul tamyeon dwaeyo.

• ~이: subject particle
• ~를: object particle
• 시간: time
• 없다: to not have

Questions & Answers about sigani eobseumyeon taeksireul tamyeon dwaeyo.

Why are there two -면s in 시간이 없으면 택시를 타면 돼요?

They’re doing two different jobs:

• 없으면 = if (you) don’t have… / if there isn’t… (conditional clause)
• 타면 돼요 = it’s fine if you take (a taxi) / you can just take (a taxi) (pattern -(으)면 되다) So the structure is basically: If X, then it’s okay if you do Y.

What does -(으)면 되다 (as in 타면 돼요) mean exactly?

-(으)면 되다 expresses that doing something is a sufficient solution:

• (You) can just do …
• (You) should/need to do … (and that will solve it)
• It’s okay if you do … In this sentence, it sounds like a practical suggestion: If you don’t have time, taking a taxi is the simple solution.

Is 타면 돼요 more like “can” (permission) or “should” (advice)?

It can cover both, but the default feel here is advice / solution.

• Permission-like: You’re allowed to take a taxi.
• Advice/solution-like (most natural here): Then just take a taxi (that’ll work). Context decides, but with 시간이 없으면, it strongly reads as problem → solution.

Why is it 시간이 없으면 and not 시간을 없으면?