니까 알다

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Also spelled nikalda

know it because; find out by doing

With -(으)니까 as 'because', this says where your knowledge came from: 이렇게 말을 하니까 알지 'I only know because you're telling me', 협력하던 연구팀이니까 아는 얼굴들도 있고 'since it's a team we'd worked with, there are faces I know'. After a -아/어 보다 'try' form it means learning through the experience: 그것도 해보니까 알게 되는 거 같아요 'you only find that out by doing it'. Separately, 알아서 is a fixed word meaning 'on your own, as you see fit' — 알아서 가져가세요 'help yourself'.

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