Were you able to buy it on Friday? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

금요일에 구입할 수 있었나요? – Breakdown and Explanation

• 금요일에 (Geumyoile)
  – 금요일 means “Friday.” The particle 에 indicates the time or location and here means “on Friday.”
  Tip: Remember that 요일 (day of the week) names combine with 에 to mark when something happens (e.g., 월요일에 for “on Monday”).

• 구입할 (Guiphal)
  – 구입하다 means “to purchase” or “to buy.” When you remove 하다 and attach 할, it turns the verb into a modifying adjective form meaning “[that] you could purchase.”
  Tip: The structure ‘verb stem + -할 수 있다’ is used to express ability, so 구입할 수 있다 means “can purchase.”

• 수 (Su)
  – Literally means “ability” or “way.” It works with 있다 to express possibility or ability.
  Tip: Memorize 수 as the noun for “ability” whenever forming sentences like “할 수 있다” (can do).

• 있었나요? (Isseonnayo?)
  – 있었나요 is the past tense of 있다 with a polite questioning ending. It indicates “was there” or “were you able.” In context, it asks “were you able to…”
  Tip: To ask about a past ability, use the past form 있었어요 or 있었나요 depending on formality.

Translation: “Were you able to purchase it on Friday?”

Alternate Ways to Say “Were you able to buy it on Friday?”
• 금요일에 구입할 수 있었습니까? (Geumyoile guiphal su isseosseumnikka?) – More formal/polite version.
• 금요일에 살 수 있었나요? (Geumyoile sal su isseonnayo?) – Using 살다 (“to buy”) in its modifying form, which is common in casual language.

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