-거든
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Korean 거든〮 (Yale: -ketún).
Suffix
거든 • (-geodeun)
- (somewhat formal) if; provided (that)
- Synonym: 으면 (-eumyeon)
- 시간이 있거든 같이 영화 보러 갑시다.
- sigan-i it-geodeun gachi yeonghwa boreo gapsida.
- If you have time, let's go to the movies together.
- (literary) given that; especially used in rhetorical questions
- Synonym: 는데 (-neunde)
- 벼도 익으면 고개를 숙이거든 너는 어찌 그리 오만방자하냐?
- byeo-do igeumyeon gogae-reul sugi-geodeun neo-neun eojji geuri omanbangja-hanya?
- Given that even rice plants bend their heads as they ripen, how can you be so conceited and arrogant?
- In the intimate style, a declarative ending explaining a reason.
- 내일이 일요일이거든요.
- naeir-i iryoir-i-geodeun-yo.
- It's because tomorrow is Sunday.