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말하다

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동사 · verb고유어 · native Korean word

Meaning

  1. 1.

    say; tell; speak; talk — To verbally present a fact or one's thoughts or feelings.

  2. 2.

    tell; ask; request — To ask something.

  3. 3.

    tell; show; indicate; suggest; imply; demonstrate — For a certain phenomenon to present a certain fact.

  4. 4.

    mean; refer to — To indicate a certain meaning.

  5. 5.

    speaking of — An expression used to affirm or stress something before starting to talk about it.

    주로 '~으로 말하면, ~으로 말할 것 같으면'으로 쓴다.

  6. 6.

    so to speak; as it were; that is to say; in other words — An expression used to rephrase something mentioned earlier with easier and simpler words or add an explanation about it.

    주로 '말하자면'으로 쓴다.

Conjugations

말해말하는말하여말하니말합니다말해요말했어말했어요말했습니다