-거니

geoni
Noun

Definitions

1
-geoni
(old-fashioned) A connective ending used when recognizing the truth of the preceding statement and indicating that it is the premise or condition of the following statement.
(옛 말투로) 앞에 오는 말을 인정하면서 그것이 뒤에 오는 말의 전제나 조건이 됨을 나타내는 연결 어미.
2
-geoni
A connective ending used when two contrasting actions or states are repeated.
반대되는 두 동작이나 상태가 반복됨을 나타내는 연결 어미.
3
-geoni
A connective ending used when assuming a certain fact and recognizing it.
어떤 사실을 추측하여 그것을 인정함을 나타내는 연결 어미.
4
-geoni
(formal, highly addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used when recognizing the truth of a certain fact based on experience.
(아주낮춤으로) 경험을 바탕으로 어떤 사실을 인정함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.