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(이)나: Particle Meaning "Or" (Any Choice Acceptable)
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Example Sentences#

  1. 하지만 특정 사람을 미워할수록 인류 전체를 더욱 사랑하게 되는 것은 언제나 그래왔습니다.1
    But the more I hate any particular person, the more I come to love humanity as a whole, and it has always been so.
    • 언제나 means ‘always’. It is a compound word formed from 언제 (when or sometime) and -나, a particle used to express an inclusive range of choices or options, creating the all-encompassing sense of ‘at all times’ in this context.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Father Zossima Counsel Story.

(이)나: Particle Meaning "Or" (Any Choice Acceptable)
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/이나-particle-meaning-or-any-choice-acceptable/
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2024-12-09