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~(어/아) 가지고 (causal relationship, colloquial, only used in speech and not writing)
1. Because, since, so (cause and effect, similar to ~아/어/여서)
바빠 가지고 지금 갈 수 없어요 = Because I am busy I can not go.
어제 늦게 끝나 가지고 집에 못 갔어요 = Because I finished late yesterday, I couldn’t go home
오늘 날씨가 너무 더워 가지고 약속을 취소했어요 = Because the weather is so hot today, I cancelled my plans
우리가 너무 일찍 와 가지고 오랫동안 기다렸어요 = Because we came so early, we had to wait for a long time
2. After doing.., Having done… (colloquial expression of “having done something” is similar to -ㄴ/은 후에 and
~아/어/여서
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불어를 공부해 가지고 프랑스에 살고 싶어요 = After studying French I want to live in France.
은행에서 돈을 찾아 가지고 나가겠어요 = After withdrawing money from the bank, I will go out.
한국어를 배워 가지고 한국 회사에 취직하겠어요 = After learning Korean, I will get a job in a Korean company.
공부를 해 가지고 와 = Come after you study.
TTMIK Talk | Bus vs. Subway
토요일 아침에 우리가 차 내비게이션으로 목적지 검색하고 출발했어요. 차가 많이 막혀서 인천에 가는 데 오래 걸렸지만 바다 보였을 때는 기분이 좋았어요. ‘곧 다리를 건너겠구나’라고 얘기했는데 다리는 없었어요. 대체 어디서 다리 놓쳤을까 얘기했는데 알고 보니 내비게이션에 길을 잘 못 찍어서 카페리를 타는 길을 골랐다는 걸 깨달았어요….
On Saturday morning we put the address into the navigation and set off in the car. The roads were busy so it took a long time to get in Incheon but it felt good to finally reach the ocean. We talked about how we must be coming up to the bridge across the channel, but there was no bridge in sight. Wondering how we could possibly have missed the enormous bridge we realised that we had set the navigation wrong…
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