jachwireul gyesokharyeomyeon wolsega jogeum deo ssan jibeul chajaya hae.

자취 means living on your own, usually away from your family. It often implies that a student or young adult is renting a place and managing daily life independently.

So 자취를 계속하려면 means something like if I want to keep living on my own.

Because 자취 is the object of 계속하다 here.

• 자취를 계속하다 = to continue living alone
• -를 marks what is being continued

So the structure is:

• 자취를 계속하려면 = if one wants to continue that lifestyle

-려면 is used for if you want/intend to... or in order to...

Here:

• 계속하다 = to continue
• 계속하려면 = if one wants to continue / in order to continue

So 자취를 계속하려면 does not just mean a plain if it continues. It has the nuance of if I want to keep doing this.

Good question. Both can be translated as if, but they are not exactly the same.

• -면 = general if/when
• -려면 = if you intend to / if you want to / in order to

Compare:

• 자취를 계속하면 = if I continue living alone
• 자취를 계속하려면 = if I want to continue living alone / in order to continue living alone

In your sentence, -려면 fits well because the speaker is talking about a requirement for maintaining that situation.

월세 means monthly rent.

In Korean housing vocabulary:

• 월세 = monthly rent
• 전세 = a large deposit lease system with no monthly rent
• 집세 = rent, more general/older-sounding in some contexts

So 월세가 조금 더 싼 집 means a place with slightly cheaper monthly rent.

Because 싼 comes from 싸다 = to be cheap, and the thing that is cheap takes 이/가.

Here, what is cheap?

• 월세가 싸다 = the monthly rent is cheap

That whole clause modifies 집:

• 월세가 싼 집 = a house/place whose monthly rent is cheap

So:

• 월세가 조금 더 싼 집 = a place whose monthly rent is a little cheaper

더 means more, and in comparisons it works like more / -er in English.

• 싸다 = to be cheap
• 더 싸다 = to be cheaper
• 조금 더 싸다 = to be a little cheaper

So 조금 더 싼 집 means a slightly cheaper place.

The comparison target is not stated explicitly, but it is understood from context: cheaper than the current place.

That is just how Korean builds comparisons.

Literally:

• 조금 = a little
• 더 = more
• 싼 = cheap (modifier form)

So Korean often says something like a little more cheap, which in natural English becomes a little cheaper.

This is very normal in Korean:

• 조금 더 큰 집 = a slightly bigger house
• 좀 더 좋은 방법 = a better method

싼 is the noun-modifying form of 싸다.

• 싸다 = to be cheap
• 싼 집 = a cheap house/place

For descriptive verbs/adjectives in Korean, the form used before a noun is often different from the dictionary form.

So:

• 월세가 싼 집 = a house with cheap rent

싸는 would not be correct here.

Not necessarily. 집 literally means house/home, but in everyday Korean it can also refer more broadly to a place to live, including an apartment, studio, or other residence.

So in this sentence, 집을 찾아야 해 is best understood as:

• I need to find a place to live rather than only a detached house.

It is a modifier clause placed before the noun 집.

Break it down like this:

• 월세가 = the monthly rent
• 조금 더 싼 = that is a little cheaper
• 집 = house/place

So literally:

• a house whose monthly rent is a little cheaper

This is a very common Korean pattern:

• 값이 비싼 식당 = a restaurant whose prices are expensive
• 방이 넓은 집 = a house with spacious rooms

찾아야 해 means have to find or need to find.

It comes from:

• 찾다 = to find/look for
• -아/어야 하다 = have to / must

So:

• 찾아야 하다 = must find
• 찾아야 해 = have to find (casual/plain spoken style)

Because this sentence is in a casual speech style.

Compare:

• 찾아야 해 = casual
• 찾아야 해요 = polite everyday speech
• 찾아야 합니다 = formal

The meaning is the same, but the level of politeness changes.

The subject is omitted, which is very common in Korean.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• I need to find...
• you need to find...
• we need to find...

But in many everyday situations, this sentence would naturally be understood as I need to find a place with slightly cheaper rent if I want to keep living on my own.

Yes. Because Korean often omits subjects, the sentence can be interpreted based on context.

For example:

• If someone is talking about their own situation, it means I need to...
• If you are speaking to a friend, it could mean you need to...

To make it clearly about oneself, Korean might add 내가:

• 내가 자취를 계속하려면...

To make it clearly about the listener:

• 네가 자취를 계속하려면...

Yes. 조금 means a little, and 좀 is a very common shorter spoken form.

So these are both natural:

• 월세가 조금 더 싼 집
• 월세가 좀 더 싼 집

The version with 좀 sounds a bit more conversational.

The sentence has two main parts:

1. 자취를 계속하려면

   • if I want to continue living on my own

2. 월세가 조금 더 싼 집을 찾아야 해

   • I need to find a place with slightly cheaper monthly rent

So the full structure is:

[If I want to keep living alone], [I need to find a place with a little cheaper rent].

That is a very common Korean pattern:

• A-(으)려면, B-아/어야 하다
• If you want to do A, you have to do B