Do you think that Jess could have accepted? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Jess가받아들일 수 있다고생각하십니까? breaks down as follows:

• Jess가
 – "Jess" is the name, and 가 is the subject particle attached to indicate that Jess is the subject of the sentence.
  Romanized: Jess-ga

• 받아들일
 – This comes from the verb 받아들이다 (“to accept”). When you want to express possibility using the construction “verb stem + ㄹ/을 수 있다,” you change the verb into a modifying form for “수 있다.” Since the stem ends in a vowel sound, 받­아들이다 becomes 받아들일 (using ㄹ).
  Romanized: badadeul-il

• 수 있다
 – Literally meaning “to have the ability” or “can,” this construction (받아들일 수 있다) expresses that acceptance is possible or could have happened.
  Romanized: su itda

• 고 생각하십니까?
 – 고 is the quoting connector, introduced before 생각하다 (“to think”), which allows you to embed the quoted thought: “that Jess can accept.” 생각하십니까 is the very formal interrogative form of “to think.”
  Romanized: “dago saenggakhashimnikka?”

Tip to remember:
 When expressing possibility in Korean, remember the pattern: Verb stem + ㄹ/을 수 있다. If the stem ends in a vowel, use ㄹ; if it’s a consonant, use 을. Then, if you need to embed this possibility as part of a larger sentence (like in “I think that…”), use the quoting marker 고 before a verb like 생각하다. Pay attention to the honorific and formality level when choosing endings for politeness.

Alternate ways to say “Do you think that Jess could have accepted?” include:
 • Jess가 받아들였을 수도 있습니까?
  Romanized: Jess-ga badadeulyeosseul sudo itseumnikka?
  (This uses the past possibility form 받아들였을 수도 있다 to imply “could have accepted.”)

 • Jess가 받아들였을 것이라고 생각하십니까?
  Romanized: Jess-ga badadeulyeosseul geosirago saenggakhashimnikka?
  (This implies “I think that Jess would have accepted” using the expression ~것이다 packaged in quoted thought.)

Each alternate structure nuances slightly between expressing present possibility and referring to a past potential action.

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