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말다

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동사 · verb고유어 · native Korean word

Meaning

  1. 1.

    stop; choose not to — To not do a certain work or behavior, or stop doing it.

  2. 2.

    not do; not be — To not do, or not be so.

    주로 '-거나 말거나', '-거니 말거니', '-나 마나', '-든지 말든지', '~을까 말까' 등으로 쓴다.

  3. 3.

    not be — An expression used to indicate that something is the latter one, not the former one.

    명사 뒤에 '~말고'로 쓴다.

Conjugations

말아마니마오말아요말았어말았어요말았습니다