-(으)ㄹ 만하다

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Grammar · 1 sense

Be worth doing

Examples

이 영화가 정말 볼 만해요.

This movie is really worth watching.

한국어는 공부할 만해요.

Korean is worth studying.

When you'd hear it

This pattern is common in everyday speech and writing, from casual conversations about films, books, food, or activities to polite recommendations. It is also frequent in reviews and spoken evaluations, usually with 만해요 or 만하다.

What learners get wrong

It means something is worth doing or is good enough to consider, not that it is possible to do. For possibility, use -(으)ㄹ 수 있다; compare 볼 만해요 (worth watching) with 볼 수 있어요 (can watch).

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Can it describe something worth buying?
How is it different from -아/어 볼 만하다?
Can I use it with negative forms?

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