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-(ㄴ/는)다면

if (hypothetical)

Level 4 · Connective

Explanation

Supposes an unlikely or counterfactual situation, stronger than -(으)면. Verbs take ㄴ/는다면, adjectives 다면, nouns (이)라면; past -았/었다면 (past counterfactual).

Examples

  • 복권에 당첨된다면 세계 여행을 하고 싶어요.

    If I won the lottery, I'd travel the world.

  • 제가 당신이라면 그렇게 하지 않겠어요.

    If I were you, I wouldn't do that.

  • 조금만 일찍 출발했다면 기차를 탔을 거예요.

    If we'd left a bit earlier, we'd have caught the train.

TOPIK note

TOPIK II Reading 16–18; Writing 54.

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