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마음의 준비를 하다: To Mentally Prepare or Brace Oneself
Example Sentences
- 하지만 네가 아무 때나 온다면, 나는 몇 시에 마음의 준비를 해야 할지 알 수 없을 거야…”1
But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour to prepare my heart…”- 하다 means ‘to do’.
- 마음의 준비를 하다 is a fixed phrase literally meaning ‘to prepare one’s mind or heart’, commonly used to mean ‘to mentally prepare oneself’ or ‘to brace oneself’.
- -여야 is a connective ending used to indicate that the action in the preceding clause is an essential condition or requirement for the action in the following clause.
Footnotes
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Sentence from The Little Prince And The Fox. ↩
마음의 준비를 하다: To Mentally Prepare or Brace Oneself
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/expressions/마음의-준비를-하다-to-mentally-prepare-or-brace-oneself/