어도

eodo

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Also spelled odo

even if; also "may, is allowed"

Says the outcome holds regardless: 넣어도 is "no matter what you put in", 봐도 is "however much I look", 말하지 않아도 is "even without saying it". Fused onto the verb stem, so it hides inside the word. It also builds the standard way to give permission — -어도 되다, literally "even doing it is fine": 써도 됩니다 is "you may use it" and 써도 돼요 is "go ahead and use it". After stems with a bright vowel the same ending is spelled -아도.

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- 그럼 저도 안 먹으려고 - 안 부족해, 아니야 진짜 먹