韓国語日記翻訳【29】

I am required to perform at the End-of-the-Year Party.

저는 송년회에서 공연을 해야 해요.

解説

⭐ Sentence

저는 송년회에서 공연을 해야 해요.

🌐 Overall Meaning

“I have to perform at the year-end party.”

This sentence expresses that the speaker is expected or required to give a performance at a year-end company gathering.

🧩 Grammar Breakdown
저는

저 is the polite first-person pronoun meaning “I.”

The particle 는 is the topic particle. It marks the speaker as the topic of the sentence.

So 저는 means “as for me” or simply “I.”

송년회에서

송년회 means “year-end party” or “end-of-year gathering.”

It is made up of:

송 (to send off)
년 (year)
회 (gathering, meeting)

The particle 에서 indicates the place where an action happens.

So 송년회에서 means “at the year-end party.”

공연을

공연 means “performance,” “show,” or “stage act.”

The particle 을 marks 공연 as the object of the verb.

So 공연을 means “a performance” or “the performance.”

해야 해요

This comes from 하다 (“to do”).

The expression -아/어야 하다 means “must do,” “have to do,” or “be required to do.”

Therefore, 공연을 해야 해요 means “have to perform” or “must perform.”

The ending 해요 makes the sentence polite and conversational.

The nuance is that the speaker feels some obligation. It does not necessarily mean the speaker wants to perform voluntarily.

🌟 Final Overview

This sentence expresses that the speaker has an obligation to perform at a year-end party.

Grammatically, it showcases:

저 as the polite first-person pronoun, 에서 as the location particle, 공연을 하다 as the standard expression for “to perform,” and -아/어야 하다 as the grammar pattern expressing obligation or necessity.

The overall feeling is:

“I’ve been assigned a performance at the year-end party, so I have to perform there.”