안 되냐

can't …?

→ 안
phrase Uncommon #12,147
can't …? A blunt, informal way to challenge a restriction or ask why something isn’t allowed or working.
KO: 내가 여기 앉으면 안 되냐?
EN: Can't I sit here?

아이씨, 또 안 되냐!

Damn it, is it not working again?!

— Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)

너 그냥 이제 정비소 들어가면 안 되냐?

Can’t you just take it to the repair shop now?

— Time to Hunt (2020)

근데 야, 씨발 내가 너 좋아하면 안 되냐?

But hey, what the fuck, am I not allowed to like you?

— I Saw the Devil (2010)

왜, 난 뭐, 하면 안 되냐?

Why, what, am I not allowed to do anything?

— Unlocked (2023)

꿈이 그것 밖에 안 되냐?

Is that all there is to a dream?

— 붉은 돼지 (1992)

내가 너 좋아하면 안 되냐?

Is it so wrong for me to like you?

— I Saw the Devil (2010)

아, 캐머런 넌 겨우 그거 밖에 안 되냐?

Oh, Cameron, is that all you can do?

— 죽은 시인의 사회 (1989)

그거까지 마무리가 안 되냐?

Can't you finish that?

— 살인의 추억 (2003)