What does 안 되는데요 mean?
안 되는데요 means "it isn’t possible alone" in Korean.
How it works here
혼자 안 되는데요 softly states that doing it alone will not work.
Key expression
안 되다
To be impossible or not work
안 되다 can describe impossibility caused by rules, conditions, or circumstances, not only lack of ability.
When it's used
Used to say that a task or condition is practically impossible alone.
The line
혼자 안 되는데요?
I can’t do it by myself.
The speaker says that a request or attempt is too difficult to carry out alone.
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More examples
이 방법으로는 오늘 안 되겠어요.
This method won’t work today.
이 시간에는 예약이 안 됩니다.
Reservations aren’t available at this time.
Quick check
When would you use this expression?
안 되는데요
혼자 안 되는데요?
I can’t do it by myself.
- Bragging that the task is very easy.
- Promising to do the task tomorrow.
- Saying that the task is difficult to do alone.
Show the answer
Saying that the task is difficult to do alone.
to be impossible or not work. 안 되다 can describe impossibility caused by rules, conditions, or circumstances, not only lack of ability.
Other words in this line
- 혼자
- Alone; by oneself
- 안
- Not
- 되다
- To work; to be possible
Same expression in other scenes
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