N+와/과

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and

Connects multiple nouns, indicating a list or group without specifying order.

Example

초가집에는 어머니와 어린 삼 남매가 살았다.

In the straw-thatched house lived a mother and her three young siblings.
대만과 일본은 사이가 좋다.

Taiwan and Japan are on good terms.

Related to

together, with

Indicates that an action involves more than one party or that something is done together with someone or something else.

Example

All three grammar points are both used to list things and correspond to "together with" in English.

Note for when used for listing thing:

Although N+하고 and N+랑/이랑 can be added to the final noun in a list, N+와/과 cannot.
Although they can be used interchangeably to list things, they cannot be mixed in the same sentence.

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