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알다

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동사 · verb고유어 · native Korean word

Meaning

  1. 1.

    know; understand — To have information or knowledge about an object or situation through education, experience, thoughts, etc.

  2. 2.

    know; realize — To realize or feel a fact or situation through awareness or senses.

  3. 3.

    know; understand; appreciate — To realize or feel a psychological state in one's mind.

  4. 4.

    be on one's own; be independent — To decide or judge on one's own what to do and how.

    주로 '알아서'로 쓴다.

  5. 5.

    know; can — To have the ability or skills to do something.

    주로 '-을 줄 알다'로 쓴다.

  6. 6.

    be one's concern — To be involved or interested in something.

    주로 '알 바 아니다'로 쓴다.

  7. 7.

    know; realize; realize the fun in — To realize the positive aspects of something that one did not know well previously and try to get closer to it.

  8. 8.

    care about — To value someone or something.

    주로 '~만 알다'로 쓴다.

  9. 9.

    will; say yes — To respond affirmatively to an order or request, agreeing to do as one has been told.

    주로 '알겠다', '알았다'로 쓴다.

  10. 10.

    know — To have met someone before or get along with him/her as an acquaintance.

  11. 11.

    regard; think of — To consider or assume something or someone as being of a certain quality.

  12. 12.

    know; think — To consider or assume a fact as being of a certain quality.

Conjugations

아는알아아니압니다알아요알았어알았어요알았습니다