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위하다: Vocabulary #284

Example Sentences#

  1. 꿈속에서 저는 종종 인류를 위해 봉사할 계획을 세우곤 합니다.1
    In my dreams, I often make plans to serve humanity.
    • 위하다 means ‘to do for the sake of’ or ‘to do in favor of’.
    • -여서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, is omitted.
  2. 도윤: 서준은 매운 거 좋아하지만, 우리를 위해 덜 맵게 시키자.2
    Doyoon: Seojun likes spicy food, but let’s order it less spicy for the rest of us.
    • 위하다 means ‘to do for the sake of’ or ‘to do in favor of’.
    • -여서 is a connective ending that indicates a sequence of related events, cause and effect, or ways or means. In this context, is omitted.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Father Zossima Counsel Story.

  2. Sentence from What Is On The Menu Tonight.

위하다: Vocabulary #284
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/위하다/
Author
Korean Story Lab
Published at
2026-03-19
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