-다 하면
Korean
Etymology
다 (-da, declarative suffix) + 하 (ha-, “to say”) + 면 (-myeon, “if”): "if one says that..."
Suffix
다 하면 • (-da ha-myeon)
- if... always; expresses the inevitable, and usually quickly ensuing, result of a hypothetical.
- 아기는 배고프다 하면 운다.
- agi-neun baegopeu-da hamyeon unda.
- When babies are hungry, they can't help but cry.
- 그 명장은 싸운다 하면 이겼다.
- geu myeongjang-eun ssaun-da hamyeon igyeotda.
- That famed general was always victorious whenever he fought.