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-듯(이): "As if/like" (Descriptive Manner)
2024-12-26
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Example Sentences#

  1. 흐르는 바람 따라 춤추듯1
    Like I’m dancing with the flowing wind
    • 춤추다 is a compound verb formed from (dance) and 추다 (to dance), meaning ‘to dance’. It can also be used with the object marker as in 춤을 추다, where the object 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#

  1. 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/
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Korean Story Lab
Published at
2024-12-26