Word
이 약을 사려면 처방전이 필요해요.i yageul saryeomyeon cheobangjeoni piryohaeyo.
Meaning
To buy this medicine, you need a prescription.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of i yageul saryeomyeon cheobangjeoni piryohaeyo.
~이~i
subject particle
~을~eul
object particle
사다sada
to buy
이i
this
Questions & Answers about i yageul saryeomyeon cheobangjeoni piryohaeyo.
What does 사려면 mean here?
사려면 comes from the verb 사다 (to buy) plus the grammar pattern -(으)려면.
So:
- 사다 = to buy
- 사려면 = if you want to buy, if you’re going to buy, or to buy
In this sentence, it gives the idea of a condition or requirement:
- 이 약을 사려면... = if you want to buy this medicine... / to buy this medicine...
A very natural full translation is:
- To buy this medicine, you need a prescription.
Why is there 을 after 약?
을 is the object marker.
- 약 = medicine
- 약을 = medicine + object marker
It marks 약 as the thing being bought.
So in:
- 이 약을 사려면
the object of 사다 (to buy) is 이 약 (this medicine).
English does not use a separate particle like this, so this can feel unusual at first.
What does 이 약 mean exactly?