-(으)련만
would …, and yet
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Penjelasan
The speaker expects what would naturally happen, but reality differs (regret). Vowel or ㄹ stems take 련만, consonant stems 으련만; past -았/었으련만. Written style.
Contoh
조금만 더 노력하면 합격하련만 왜 포기하니?
A little more effort and you'd pass, so why give up?
비가 오면 좋으련만 하늘은 맑기만 하다.
Rain would be welcome, yet the sky stays clear.
미리 말했으면 도와주었으련만 아무 말도 없었다.
I'd have helped had he told me, but he said nothing.
Catatan TOPIK
TOPIK II Reading 42–43 (literary passages).