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-듯(이): "As if/like" (Descriptive Manner)
Example Sentences
- 흐르는 바람 따라 춤추듯 가1
Like I’m dancing with the flowing wind- 춤추다 is a compound verb formed from 춤 (dance) and 추다 (to dance), meaning ‘to dance’. It can also be used with the object marker as in 춤을 추다, where the object 춤 may be replaced with specific types of dances (e.g., 디스코를 추다) for clarity or specificity.
- -듯(이) is a suffix that attaches to verbs to mean ‘as if’ or ‘like’, expressing similarity or likeness to the action.
Footnotes
Sentence from Like A Paper Boat Song. ↩
-듯(이): "As if/like" (Descriptive Manner)
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/-듯이-as-if-like-descriptive-manner/