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-(으)ㄹ 겸 (해서): Expressing Multiple Purposes
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- 요즘 스트레스도 풀 겸.1
It’s also to relieve some stress these days.- 겸 is a bound noun used to indicate that one action or entity serves multiple purposes or functions.
- -ㄹ 겸 (해서) is a grammar pattern used to convey two or more purposes for an action. 해서 (composed of 하다, meaning ‘to do’, and -여서, a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events or cause and effect) is often omitted. In this context, the primary purpose, already stated in the preceding sentence, is also omitted after -ㄹ 겸.
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Sentence from A Fun Weekend Ahead. ↩
-(으)ㄹ 겸 (해서): Expressing Multiple Purposes
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/-으ㄹ-겸-해서-expressing-multiple-purposes/