ㄴ 분 같다

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seems like someone who did that

A modifier in "-(으)ㄴ" plus 분 (the polite word for a person) plus 같다 "seems". It is a respectful guess about someone based on a completed action or a fixed quality: looks like he's been shut indoors all week and only came out today, you seem like someone who travels abroad a lot, your husband seems like a funny one, someone who's come from Mexico. Compare 는 분 같다, which uses the ongoing form and guesses at a habit instead.

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