yeogi anjado dwaeyo?

This comes from the grammar pattern -아/어도 되다, which means it is okay to... or it is allowed to...

So:

• 앉다 = to sit
• 앉아도 되다 = it is okay to sit
• 앉아도 돼요 = it’s okay to sit / may I sit?

In a question, it naturally becomes:

• 앉아도 돼요? = Is it okay if I sit? / May I sit?

Korean often uses this pattern to ask for permission.

Because 앉다 ends in ㅏ, and with the -아/어도 pattern, verbs with ㅏ or ㅗ usually take -아도.

So:

• 앉다 → 앉아도

A similar example:

• 가다 → 가도
• 보다 → 봐도

Even though the stem is 앉-, the correct form is 앉아도.

돼요 is the natural spoken/written polite form of 되어요, from the verb 되다.

So:

• 되다 = to become / to be okay / to be possible, depending on context
• 되어요 → commonly shortened to 돼요

In 앉아도 돼요?, 돼요 means something like:

• is it okay?
• is it allowed?

So the whole phrase is literally close to:

• If I sit here, is that okay?

Korean often leaves out subjects when they are obvious from context.

In English, you would normally say:

• May I sit here?

But in Korean, saying just:

• 여기 앉아도 돼요?

is completely natural, because everyone understands that the speaker is asking about their own sitting.

This omission is very common in Korean.

Both can work.

• 여기 = here
• 여기에 = at here / here + location particle 에

In everyday speech, Korean often drops particles when the meaning is clear, especially in simple, common expressions.

So both are natural:

• 여기 앉아도 돼요?
• 여기에 앉아도 돼요?

The version without 에 sounds a little lighter and more conversational.

Yes. -요 makes it polite and appropriate in many everyday situations.

• 여기 앉아도 돼요? = polite casual
• good for speaking to strangers, coworkers, staff, older people in many normal situations

But there are more formal or softer versions:

• 여기 앉아도 될까요? = May I sit here? / Would it be okay if I sat here?
• 여기 앉아도 됩니까? = very formal
• 여기 앉아도 돼? = casual, for friends or younger people

So 여기 앉아도 돼요? is polite, but not the most formal possible version.

Both ask for permission, but the tone is slightly different.

• 여기 앉아도 돼요? = Is it okay if I sit here?
• 여기 앉아도 될까요? = Would it be okay if I sat here?

-ㄹ/을까요? often sounds a bit softer, more careful, or a little more indirect.

So:

• 돼요? = very common, direct but still polite
• 될까요? = slightly gentler or more formal-feeling

Both are useful and natural.

Although it is written 앉아도, the pronunciation changes because of Korean sound rules.

It is pronounced roughly like:

• 안자도

More precisely, the ㅈ sound carries over before the following vowel.

So:

• 앉아도 → sounds close to 안자도

This is very normal in Korean pronunciation. The spelling stays the same, but the spoken form shifts.

By itself, as a question, 여기 앉아도 돼요? is normally understood as:

• May I sit here?
• Is it okay if I sit here?

If you wanted to say You may sit here, that would usually be a statement, not a question:

• 여기 앉아도 돼요. = You can sit here. / It’s okay to sit here.

Context matters a lot in Korean, but with the question intonation and situation, learners should usually understand it as asking permission for the speaker to sit.

In most everyday situations, yes.

English often uses can I for permission, even though literally can can also mean ability. Korean -아/어도 되다 is specifically about permission or acceptability.

So:

• 여기 앉아도 돼요? = Can I sit here?
• more literally = Is it okay if I sit here?

This is why it is one of the most common Korean ways to ask permission.

Yes. The structure is very flexible.

Examples:

• 거기 앉아도 돼요? = May I sit there?
• 저기 앉아도 돼요? = May I sit over there?
• 이 자리 앉아도 돼요? = May I sit in this seat?
• 창가에 앉아도 돼요? = May I sit by the window?

The core pattern stays the same:

• [place] + 앉아도 돼요?

So once you know this sentence, you can make many similar ones.