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V+(은/ㄴ)들

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No Matter

even if
Expresses that even if the conditions of the preceding clause are true, the result will not be as expected. Can be used along with -겠어(요) as a rhetorical question.
Example
  • 돈을 많이 번들 저금하기만 하고 쓰면 아무 소용이 없지 않나요?
    Even if you make a lot of money, if you only save it and never use it, isn't it worthless?
  • 목격자가 경찰에 사실대로 말한다면, 용의자가 아무리 부인한들 형사는 믿어주지 않을 것이다.
    If that witness tells the police the truth, then no matter how much the suspect denies it, the detectives won't believe him.
  • 사전이 아무리 가까이 있다 한들 그것을 찾아보지 않으면 사전 속의 지식은 남의 머릿속에 지식일 뿐이다.
    No matter how close a dictionary may be, if you don't use it, the knowledge inside that dictionary is merely knowledge in someone else's head.
  • 집이 좁은들 우리가 없겠어?
    Can we not live in a small house? (of course we're able to live in a small house)

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