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영리하다: Vocabulary #338

Example Sentences#

  1. 라사로는 속으로 웃음을 지으며, 맹인이 얼마나 영리한지 깨달았다.1
    Lazaro smiled to himself, realizing how clever the blind man was.
    • 영리하다 means ‘to be clever’ or ‘to be smart’.
    • -ㄴ지 is a connective ending used to indicate uncertainty or doubt about a present action or state. It encapsulates the clause as a noun form, often used in contexts where there is a question, assumption, or speculation.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Lazaro And The Blind Man.

영리하다: Vocabulary #338
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/영리하다/
Author
Korean Story Lab
Published at
2026-03-19
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