정하시면 됩니다

What does 정하시면 됩니다 mean?

정하시면 됩니다 means "you just need to decide" in Korean.

How it works here

‘-시면’ is a polite conditional attached to ‘정하-’ (choose/decide), and ‘됩니다’ indicates that doing so is sufficient. It gently tells the listener what to do.

When it's used

Used when telling someone that they can complete a procedure or make a selection in a particular way.

The line

이제 정하시면 됩니다 네

Now you just need to decide, yes.

This is said while checking how to enter information during a form-filling process.

Scene from “Run BTS! 2022 Special Episode - Telepathy Part 2” · Channel: BANGTANTV Watch on YouTube

More examples

1. 여기에 이름만 적으시면 됩니다.

   You just need to write your name here.

2. 문은 왼쪽으로 밀으시면 됩니다.

   You just need to push the door to the left.

Quick check

When would you use this expression?

정하시면 됩니다

이제 정하시면 됩니다 네

Now you just need to decide, yes.

• A situation where someone pressures another person to submit it immediately.
• A situation where someone guides the listener that they just need to write the desired information after looking at the form.
• A situation where someone politely allows an action that should not be done.

Other words in this line

이제

Now; from now

정하다

To choose; to decide

되다

To become; to be possible or acceptable

Same expression in other scenes

• 무시하시면 돼요 — It is okay to ignore it
• 정하시면 돼요 — You just need to choose

More BTS scenes

• No.473고르세요— To politely tell someone to choose.
• No.471가야겠다— Decide that I should go
• No.474가야 돼요— I have to go.
• No.475왔잖아— You know that you came.
• No.469거의 다— Almost there; nearly arrived
• No.476다 있네— All of them; everyone or everything.