Korean grammar - What if? - 어떡하죠? |
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The very common phrase ending is 어떡하죠? means 'so what shall I/we do?' or simply 'what if?'. -- The informal form is 어떡하지? And common variant is 어떡할까? which even more explicitly asks the question 'what should I/we do?' |
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내일 비가오면 어떡하죠?
What if it rains tomorrow? |
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우승하지 못하면 어떡하죠?
What if (I) don't win? |
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오늘까지 이 숙제를 마치지 못하면 어떡하죠?
What if (I) don't finish this homework by today? |
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티켓을 잃어버렸는데 어떡하죠?
(I) lost (my) ticket - what should I do? |
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내일 시험인데 자버렸네 어떡하죠?
(I) have an exam tomorrow and I fell asleep - what should I do? |
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내일 늦을 것 같은 데 어떡하죠?
(I) think (I) will be late tomorrow, what shall (we) do? |
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시간이 얼마 없는데 어떡하죠?
What if (I) don't have much time? |
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남은게 이것 밖에 없는데 어떡하죠?
All (I) have nothing more than this left, what should I do? |
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자리가 여기 밖에 없는데 어떡할까?
There is only (one) seat here, what should I do?
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이번에도 시험에 떨어지면 어떡하죠?
What should I do if (I) fail the test again? |
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내일 소풍 날인데 오늘 밤에 비가 오면 어떡하죠?
Tomorrow is picnic day - what should (we) do if it rains tonight? |
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연우가 안 오면 어떡하죠?
What am (I) supposed to do if Yeonhoo doesn’t come? |
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엄마가 알면 어떡하지?
What should (I) do if mom knows this?
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