lesson 106: ~든지 (간에)

Question 1

inside a stomach

Answer 1

뱃속

Question 2

chicken pox

Answer 2

수두

Question 3

treasure

Answer 3

보물

Question 4

despair/hopelessness

Answer 4

절망

Question 5

noon

Answer 5

정오

Question 6

a sunrise

Answer 6

해돋이

Question 7

nighttime snack

Answer 7

야식

Question 8

business card

Answer 8

명함

Question 9

volcano

Answer 9

화산

Question 10

range/scope of something

Answer 10

범위

Question 11

a realistic feeling

Answer 11

실감

Question 12

molecule

Answer 12

분자

Question 13

motion sickness

Answer 13

멀미

Question 14

the middle east

Answer 14

중동

Question 15

motion sickness from a car (car sick)

Answer 15

차멀미

Question 16

playing in the water

Answer 16

물놀이

Question 17

tragic

Answer 17

비극적

Question 18

objective

Answer 18

객관적

Question 19

to soar/rise up

Answer 19

솟다

Question 20

to separate/divide/segregate

Answer 20

분리하다

Question 21

to explore

Answer 21

탐험하다

Question 22

to exchange money/currency

Answer 22

환전하다

Question 23

to circulate, to ventilate

Answer 23

유통하다

Question 24

to be beneficial, useful, helpful

Answer 24

유익하다

Question 25

to be enormous, to be tremendous

Answer 25

엄청나다

Question 26

anyways, in any event

Answer 26

아무튼 어차피

Question 27

use ~든지 to indicate that there are many outcomes or possibilities that can happen “whether a, or b”, “it doesn’t matter if a, or b”

Answer 27

포크를 사용하든지 젓가락을 사용하든지 더 편한 것을 사용하세요 - it doesn’t matter if you use a fork or chopsticks, use the one that’s more comfortable

Question 28

보물을 찾든지 못 찾든지 절망에 빠지면 안 돼요

Answer 28

whether we find the treasure or not, we can’t lose hope

Question 29

유통기한이 지났든지 안 지났든지 어차피 먹어야 해요

Answer 29

it doesn’t matter if the expiration date has passed or not, anyways you have to eat it

Question 30

agree, approve

Answer 30

동의하다

Question 31

rule

Answer 31

규칙

Question 32

뱃속에 아기가 자라고 있어서 차를 타 면 빠리 가든지 느리게 가든지 차멀미가 날 거예요

Answer 32

i’m pregnant so if we go by car it doesn’t matter if we go slow or fast, i’m going to be car sick

Question 33

~든지 can be used with any adjective, verb or 이다. if the noun with 이다 ends in a vowel, the 이다 can merge with the stem and you don’t see it

Answer 33

밥이든지 피자든지 빠리 골라 - it doesn’t matter if it’s rice or pizza, but choose quickly !

Question 34

우리가 가든지 안 가든지 나는 신경을 안 써

Answer 34

whether we go or not, i don’t care

Question 35

the hanja character 간 means between

Answer 35

부부지간 - between husband and wife 부모 자식 간 - between parents and children 분자간 힘 - the force between molecules

Question 36

간에can be used after the final ~든지 however it sometimes adds a slight negative connotation to it

Answer 36

우리가 내일 가든지 내일모래 가든지 간에 어차피 가야 돼요 - it doesn’t matter if we go tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, anyways, we have to go

Question 37

~든지 말든지 is used as well

Answer 37

우리가 가든지 말든지 나는 신경을 안 써 - i don’t care if we go or not

Question 38

제가 야식을 먹든지 말든지 이미 저녁을 많이 먹어서 살이 찔 것 같아요

Answer 38

it doesn’t matter if i eat at night or not, i’ve already eaten a lot of dinner so i’m going to gain weight anyways

Question 39

whatever/it doesn’t matter what

Answer 39

뭐든지

Question 40

whoever/it doesn’t matter who

Answer 40

누구든지

Question 41

whenever/it doesn’t matter when

Answer 41

언제든지

Question 42

wherever/it doesn’t matter where

Answer 42

어디든지

Question 43

벌어지다 is often used to indicate that there’s some sort of space or gap between two things

Answer 43

우리 아빠가 앞니 사이가 벌어져 있어요 - our dad has a gap in his front teeth

Question 44

가방에 크게 벌어져 있는 구멍이 있어요

Answer 44

there’s a big hole in my bag

Question 45

벌어지다 can also be similar to 생기다 or 일어나다 and can be used when something arises

Answer 45

어떤 이리 벌어졌어요? - what came up? 중동에서 전쟁이 벌어졌어요 - a war started/came up in the middle east

Question 46

~든지 is commonly added to 벌어지다 and preceded by 무슨 일이 to create the meaning of “whatever happens/regardless of what happens”

Answer 46

무슨 일이 벌어지든지 간에 그녀랑 결혼할 거예요 - regardless of what happens, i’m marrying her