🌟 -ㄹ망정

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1. 앞에 오는 말이 나타내는 부정적인 사실을 인정하면서 그와 반대되는 다른 사실을 이어 말할 때 쓰는 연결 어미.

1. -LMANGJUNG: A connective ending used when admitting to the preceding negative fact and adding another fact that is the opposite of it.

🗣️ Usage Example:

나는 도시에 살망정 시골 고향 마을을 잊은 적이 없다.
I've never forgotten my rural home town, even though i live in the city.
민준이는 가장 어릴망정 자기 형들보다 의젓한 데가 있었다.
Minjun was the youngest, but he was more mature than his brothers.
국밥 한 그릇일망정 춥고 배고팠던 나에게는 진수성찬과도 같았다.
A bowl of rice soup was like a feast for me, who was cold and hungry.
♔ 엄마, 오늘 몸이 안 좋은데 결석하면 안 돼요?
Mom, i'm not feeling well today. can i be absent?
♕ 엄마, 오늘 몸이 안 좋은데 결석하면 안 돼요?
No. if you go and leave early, the student has to go to school.

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2. 어떤 부정적인 상황을 가정하여 나타내면서 그와 반대되는 뒤의 말을 강조할 때 쓰는 연결 어미.

2. -LMANGJUNG: A connective ending used to express the assumption that a certain negative situation will occur and emphasize the following statement that is the opposite of it.

🗣️ Usage Example:

차라리 가난하게 살망정 비굴하게 살지는 않겠다.
I would rather live in poverty than in servitude.
내 죽음을 당할망정 너희에게 무릎을 꿇지는 않겠다.
I will not kneel to you, even though i will die.
감독은 열심히 뛴 선수들에게 격려는 못해 줄망정 오히려 크게 꾸짖었다.
The coach scolded the hard-working players even though he couldn't beat them.
지수는 평생을 혼자 살면 살망정 그런 사람하고는 결혼하고 싶지 않았다.
Jisoo didn't want to marry someone like that, though she would kill herself if she lived alone all her life.
♔ 엄마, 오늘 몸이 안 좋은데 결석하면 안 돼요?
Mom, i'm not feeling well today. can i be absent?
♕ 엄마, 오늘 몸이 안 좋은데 결석하면 안 돼요?
No. if you go and leave early, the student has to go to school.

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📚 Annotation: ‘이다’, 받침이 없거나 ‘ㄹ’ 받침인 동사와 형용사 또는 ‘-으시-’ 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

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