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gonhada

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Also spelled gonada

used to; would do it habitually

Marks something as a repeated habit rather than a single event, and in the past it is exactly English 'used to': 주로 일요일마다 만나서 딤섬을 먹곤 했어요 'we'd meet most Sundays and have dim sum', 저녁마다 퀴즈를 내곤 했죠. In the present it means 'tends to, does from time to time' — 편집자가 개인적인 잡담, 논평을 하는데도 이용되곤 한다. It sounds a little more composed than a plain past tense.

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