지마는

jimaneun

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Also spelled jimanun

Old-fashioned 'but'

-지마는 is the full, slightly old-fashioned form of -지만 'but', conceding one point before making another: 물론 요즘도 재밌지마는 'of course it's still fun these days, but...' The meaning is identical to -지만; the longer shape simply sounds more measured and is more common in older speakers. Every line here is somebody weighing two sides of something.

Register: old-fashioned, measured

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지금 친구들은 그걸 모르겠