다 하다

dahada

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Also spelled daada

said that; back and forth

Two uses share this shape in real speech. Most often it is a clipped version of the reporting form 다고 하다, quoting what someone said or supposed: she said she wanted to show us something else, if you find the paste in a recipe, this is the strongest soda, right? Second, when two opposite verbs are strung together with it, it describes something going on repeatedly — the sound of someone pacing back and forth, notes coming and going. Because it is short and informal, it belongs to speech rather than writing.

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(라면 출시는 5월 초로) 계속 왔다 갔 가 라면 출시가 더 늦어졌어요