거라

geora

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Also spelled gora

Old-fashioned command, farewell style

The same archaic command form, and these lines show its most fossilised uses: 잘 있거라, meaning farewell, stay well, which appears twice; 물렀거라, meaning stand back, make way; and 게 섰거라, meaning halt. Elsewhere it is a blessing or a sentence handed down from above, as in may you become wealthy and now pay the price for your greed. Nobody speaks this way today, so it is always costume or comedy.

Register: archaic and theatrical

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똑똑이와 물렀  한번 시작해 보도록 하겠습니다