아도

Korean

Of native Korean origin.

Revised Romanization^?	ado
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ado
McCune–Reischauer^?	ado
Yale Romanization^?	ato

—아도 • (-ado)

even if, although
나는 봐도 무슨 내용인지 모르겠더라.
Naneun bwado museun naeyong-inji moreugetdeora.
I didn't understand what it was saying even though I watched it.
if; no matter ...
해도 되고 안 해도 되고.
Haedo doego an haedo doego.
It doesn't matter if you do it or not.
Emphasizes the extent.
여기는 사람이 많아도 너무 많다.
Yeogineun sarami manado neomu manta.
The people here are too many.

The suffix —아도 (ado) / —어도 (eodo) takes the infinitive forms.

—더라도 (deorado)
—ᆯ지라도 (ljirado)
—라도 (rado): for 이— (i-, “to be”) and 아니— (ani-, “not to be”)
The forms 이어도 (여도) (ieodo (yeodo)) and 아니어도 (anieodo) are also possible.