-(으)ㄹ 수도 있다/없다
(eu)l sudo itda/eopda
Grammar · 1 sense
it is possible that, it might
Examples
저 내일 시간이 없을 수도 있어요.
I might not have time tomorrow.
친구가 올 수도 있어요.
My friend might come.
그렇게 많은 돈을 가지고 있는 것을 상상할 수도 없어요.
I can't even imagine having that much money.
When you'd hear it
Common in everyday conversation and polite workplace speech, and also frequent in informal writing such as messages. It often appears with polite endings like 있어요 and 없어요.
What learners get wrong
Do not confuse it with -(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다: 수 있다/없다 often concerns ability or ordinary possibility, while 수도 있다/없다 presents one possible outcome or adds emphasis. In expressions like 상상할 수도 없어요, 수도 없다 means “can’t even,” not simply “might not be able to.”
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