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-더라도: Emphatic Concessive Ending (Even if/Regardless)
2025-02-26
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Example Sentences#

  1. 진실과 거짓 사이를 헤매더라도1
    Even if I wander between truth and lies
    • 헤매다 means ‘to wander’ or ‘to be lost’.
    • -더라도 is a connective ending that acknowledges the truth of the preceding statement but emphasizes that it does not affect the outcome of the following statement. It has a stronger emphasis than -어도, stressing that the second clause remains true regardless of the first. It is often translated as ‘even if’ or ‘even though’.

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-더라도: Emphatic Concessive Ending (Even if/Regardless)
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2025-02-26