Level 6 Lesson 18 / – Or / -거나, -(이)나, 아니면 Toggle Panel
Level 6 Lesson 18 / – Or / -거나, -(이)나, 아니면
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Saying “or” to link words or sentences is very simple in English, but isn’t as simple in Korean; it all depends on what part of speech you are linking that makes the translation vary. In this lesson, we are taking a look at a few of the various ways to say “or” so we can help you become a more fluent Korean speaker!
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I am the first one! hehe!
And i am really glad to hear this lesson because I was just wondering about that yesterday, when reading a text:
i totally get it!!! it’s not that hard … and it’s easy to remember!!!
Thank you very much for your hard work!! …. you are really amazing!!! gamsahabnida!!! ^^
I burst out laughing at “Who CARES about your birthday.” lol oh man Hyunwoo, that was messed up and hilarious. I had to rewind to hear the amount of native english inflection in that one, wasn’t expecting it.
But Thanks For The Lesson! ^_^ This is great!
Finally came across this lesson. I have been wondering for the longest time how OR is expressed in Korean. 이 수업이 좋아요. 저는 한국어로 잘 하고 싶어요. 감사합니다 TTMK
Teachers,thank you so much for today’s lesson…정말 쉬워요 :)
오늘이나 내일 집에 갈거예요!
finally
i’ve been waiting for this lesson ^^
선생님,고맙습니다
고향이 가거나 아니면 위국에 여행을 하러 갈거예요.
고마워요
이번은 수업이 쉽고 유용해요^^
이제 다른 수업 듣거나 책 읽을거에요!
Thank you for the lesson. will be looking forward to learn about 든가 in future lessons!
안녕하세요!!
I was struggling recently on trying to use ‘or’ in Korean!!
This really helped a lot ;)
감시합니다
사미르
안녕하세요 선생님(:
Was looking at twitter and came across this lesson and just heard it because am curious on saying ‘or’ (am still at lvl 2 btw).
Just wondering if linking sentences and sentences together, by using 아니면, besides ‘or’, does it also mean ‘if not’ in the sentence? ‘집에 갈 거예요? 아니면 친구를 만날 거예요?’ also means ‘Are you going to go home? If not, are you going to meet a friend?’
감사합니다(:
친구한테 전화하거나 아니면 문자 메시지 보내거나 할 거예요?
너 말할것이나 아니면 아무것도 말할것이 없을거에요?
Do you want to say something or do you not have anything to say?
I’m wondering if the “(으)ㄹ거에요” in this grammar point isn’t simple future tense, but instead exactly like the ” (으)ㄹ 거에요” discussed in lesson 26 level 4.
I want to meet Heechul or Eunhyuk
희철씨나 은혁씨는 만나고 싶어요
Do you love Heechul or Eunhyuk
희철씨 아니면 은혁씨 누구를 사랑해요 ?
Until when I go to bed, there’s not much time left so I’ll either learn or listen to Super Junior song
지금부터 자기까지(/ 취침시간까지) 시간이 안 많아서 공부하거나 슈주의 노래를 들 거예요
that man loves that woman ? or that woman loves that man?
그 남자 는 그녀자를 사랑해요 , 아니면 그녀자는 그남자를 사랑해요 ?
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