Can you buy them candy? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

아이들에게사탕을사줄수있나요? breaks down as follows:

• 아이들 (a-i-deul): “children.” Adding -에게 (e-ge) turns it into 아이들에게 ("to the children").
• 사탕 (sa-tang): “candy,” with the object particle -을 (eul) attached -> 사탕을 (“candy” as the object).
• 사줄: comes from the verb 사주다 (sa-ju-da), meaning “to buy (for someone).” Here, 사줄 is the shortened future/attributive form used before the ability marker.
• 수 (su): literally “ability” or “can,” used in the construction ~ㄹ 수 있다 to mean “can…”
• 있나요? (it-na-yo?): means “is there?” or “is it possible?” forming a polite question.

Tip: Remember the pattern “[recipient + 에게/한테] [object + 을/를] [verb stem + ㄹ 수 있다]” when asking if someone can do something for someone else. Also note that particles like -에게 indicate the indirect object and -을 the direct object.

Alternate ways to say “Can you buy them candy?” include:
– 아이들한테 사탕 사줄 수 있나요? (A-i-deul-han-te sa-tang sa-jul su it-na-yo?)
– 아이들에게 사탕을 사다 줄 수 있나요? (A-i-deul-e-ge sa-tang-eul sa-da jul su it-na-yo?)

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