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-으나
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Korean
Alternative forms
ko -나 after vowels and ko ㄹ
Etymology
From ko okm - -으〮나〮/ᄋᆞ〮나〮 -óná/úná, from ko oko 乃 *-na, oko 隱乃 *-una.
Pronunciation
Suffix
suffix
ko formal but
ko ^광주·^전남지역-은 곳-에 따라 구름-이 많이 끼겠으나 대체로 맑겠습니다. Gwangju and Jeonnam region will be partly cloudy, but mostly clear.
Used as an emphatic interfix between certain reduplicated adjectival stems.
ko 높으나 높다 to be very high
ko 기나길다 to be very long
Suffix
suffix -으나... -으나
regardless, whether or not
ko -든... -든
ko 있으나 없으나 별 차이-가 없다. There's little difference whether you have it or not.
ko inflectional suffixes