Understanding Contracts
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- 계약서contract document
- 조항clause, provision
- 서명하다to sign
- 효력이 발생하다to come into effect
- 위반하다to violate, breach
- 해지하다to terminate (a contract)
- 갱신하다to renew
- 보증guarantee, warranty
- 의무obligation, duty
- 권리right, entitlement
- 분쟁 해결dispute resolution
- 합의서agreement, settlement
Understanding Contracts in Korean
Reading and discussing contracts in Korean requires mastery of formal obligation structures and legal passive forms.
Key grammar points:
- -하여야 한다 — Formal "must / is obligated to." Used in legal and official documents to state requirements.
- 계약자는 기한 내에 납부하여야 한다. (The contractor must pay within the deadline.)
- -되었다 (passive perfect) — Indicates something has been formally completed or established.
- 계약이 체결되었다. (The contract has been concluded.)
- -(으)ㄹ 필요가 있다 — "There is a need to..." Used to recommend careful review.
- 모든 조항을 꼼꼼히 읽을 필요가 있다. (There is a need to read all clauses carefully.)
- -다고/라고 (indirect speech) — Reports what a contract states or what was said during negotiations.
- 계약서에는 3개월 전에 통보하여야 한다고 명시되어 있다. (The contract specifies that notice must be given 3 months in advance.)
Cultural note: Korean contracts use formal written style (문어체). Always use -하여야 한다 instead of -해야 해 in contractual contexts.
Veelgemaakte fouten
계약서를 서명하여야 한다계약서에 서명하여야 한다서명하다 takes the location particle 에, not the object particle 를. You sign onto a document, so it's 계약서에 서명하다.
계약이 정식으로 체결했다계약이 정식으로 체결되었다A contract gets concluded, so use the passive 체결되다. The active 체결하다 needs an agent doing the concluding.
분쟁이 발생할 경우 합의서를 작성해야 돼요분쟁이 발생할 경우 합의서를 작성하여야 한다Legal/contract text is written style. Use formal -하여야 한다, not the casual spoken -해야 돼요.
모든 조항을 검토할 필요를 있다모든 조항을 검토할 필요가 있다필요 needs the subject marker 가 here, not 를. It's 필요가 있다 (there is a need), never 필요를 있다.
계약을 위반해서 손해배상을 청구할 수 있다계약을 위반하면 손해배상을 청구할 수 있다This is a condition (if breached), so use -(으)면. -아서/어서 marks an actual cause, which doesn't fit a hypothetical here.
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