거나 하다

geonahada

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Also spelled geonaada, gonahada

or something like that

Names one case and leaves the rest of the category open, the way English tacks on 'or whatever.' Three lines here are 거나 하면, setting up a loose condition: 집이 좀 넓어지거나 하면 한번 생각해봐야겠어요 'if I get a bigger place or something.' In the negative it denies the whole category at once — 뭘 씹거나 하지는 않는 것 같아요 'I don't really chew on anything.' Its job is to keep a statement from sounding too definite.

Register: conversational hedging

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