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| 보다 |
| 1. v. to see, to look at, to watch (to perceive with the eyes) |
| 영화-를 보다 - to watch a film |
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| 그들-은 여러가지 화초-를 보고 있다. - They are looking at various plants. |
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| 2. v. to look after (a baby, child, house, etc.) |
| 아이-를 보다 - to look after a child |
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| 3. v. (of a food or product) to try, to examine (before the meal or purchase) |
| 미리 맛-을 보다 - to taste the food beforehand |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to experience; (used very commonly with various verbs to indicate that one has had a concrete experience via the action of the main verb.) |
| 한국-에 가 본 적-이 있어-요? - Have you experienced going to Korea? |
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| 5. v. (auxiliary) to try, to try out |
| 한번 생각해 볼게-요. - I'll try thinking about it. |
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| 이거 좀 봐봐. - Try looking at this. |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) (Used to denote that the experience of the main verb has led to a certain conclusion or realization.) |
| 살다 보니 인생 별거 아니더라. - Now that I've lived for a while, life really isn't something special. |
| 7. v. to consider, to regard |
| 그-는 공산주의-을 좋게 본다. - He has a favorable attitude towards Communism. |
| 8. v. to read (not out loud) |
| 보는 신문 - the newspaper one is subscribed to |
| 9. v. to meet (for a prearranged purpose) |
| 우리 며칠-에 볼까? - Which day should we meet up on? |
| 10. v. (of an examination) to take |
| 시험-을 잘 보면 좋겠습니다. - It would be good if I take the test well. |
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| 11. v. (of divination or fortune-telling) to consult |
| 용한 만신-을 찾아가서 점-을 보다 - to seek out a powerful priestess and consult her divination |
| 12. v. to be in charge of |
| 13. v. (of profits or losses) to make |
| 이윤도 못 볼 판-에 장사할 이유-는 없다. - There is no reason to do business when you will even not be able to make a gain. |
| 14. v. (euphemistic) to relieve oneself |
| 소변-을 보다 - to urinate |
| 15. v. (of a child, grandchild, child-in-law) to get |
| 드디어 아들-을 보다 - He got a son at last. |
| 16. adj. (tlb, defective, auxiliary) |
| 17. adj. (anchor, 나보다) after the interrogatives -은가, -는가, -나 to seem (only in the present declarative conjugations) |
| 겨울도 끝나가나 봐. - It looks like winter is coming to an end too. |
| 18. adj. (after the interrogative 을까) to intend to; (generally used to make a threat that one does not really intend on carrying out) (only in the present declarative conjugations) |
| 너가 계속 이러면 확 죽어버릴까 보다. - If you keep being like this, I'm going to kill myself. |
| 19. adj. (after the interrogative -을까) to be out of the fear that (only in the conjugations 봐) and m; the latter is rare |
| 더울까봐 나시-를 입었어. - I wore a sleeveless shirt because I was worried it might be hot. |
| 20. adj. (after -다, -고) to be given that (only in the conjugation 보니) |
| 21. adv. relatively, more |
| 보다 높게 - more higher; relatively higher |
| 보다 열심히 - more enthusiastically |
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