거나 이러다

geonaireoda

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Also spelled gonairoda

…or anything like that

Tacks a vague "or something like this" onto a verb so the list stays open: 회사 가거나 이러면 "when you go to work or whatever", 압박주거나 이러지는 않죠? "they don't pressure you or anything, do they?". Six of these eight lines wrap it in a condition — 거나 이러면, "if X or anything of the sort". Its twin 거나 그러다 does the same job; 이러다 points at something close at hand or just mentioned, 그러다 at something further off.

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