아무거라도
amugeorado
anything
누구라도 갈 수 있어요.
Nugurado gal su isseoyo.
Anyone can go.
언제라도 할 수 있어요.
Eonjerado hal su isseoyo.
We can do it any time.
어디에서라도 하면 돼요.
Eodi-e-seorado hamyeon dwaeyo.
We can do it anywhere.
아무라도 주세요.
Amurado juseyo
Just give me anything.
무엇이라도 주세요.
Mueosirado juseyo.
Just give me whatever.
This goes after nouns or verbs and means that either A or B is fine. It’s the same as 거나. When used after verbs, it is always in the form A든지 B든지 and can be used after 았/었/였 if your sentence is in the past tense. After nouns, you should use (이)든지: 남자든지 여자든지 namjadeunji yeojadeunji or 물이든지 불이든지 murideunji burideunji.
You can also shorten the entire expression to A든 B든 or use A든지 안 A든지, A든지 말든지, or A든지 못 A든지.
커피를 마시든지 식사를 하든지 할까요?
Keopireul masideunji siksareul hadeunji halkkayo?
커피를 마시든 식사를 하든 할까요?
Keopireul masideun siksareul hadeun halkkayo?
Shall we drink coffee or eat dinner?
커피든지 차든지 마실래요?
Keopideunji chadeunji masillaeyo?
Let’s drink some coffee or tea.
비싸든지 싸든지 사야 돼요.
Bissadeunji ssadeunji saya dwaeyo.
싸든지 말든지 사야 돼요.
Ssadeunji maldeunji saya dwaeyo.
I have to buy it no matter how much it costs. (whether it’s cheap or expensive)
네가 가든지 못 가든지, 내 친구는 나와 있을 거예요.
Nega gadeunji mot gadeunji, nae chinguneun nawa isseul geoyeyo.
Whether or not you can go, my friend will be with me.
Just like 거나 and 라도, 든지 can be added to the end of question words or 아무 to form words that mean “any.”
누구든지
nugudeunji
anyone
언제든지
eonjedeunji
any time
어디든지
eodideunji
anywhere (used only with 가다, 오다 and other verbs of motion)
어디에서든지
eodieseodeunji
anywhere
무엇이든지
mueosideunji
anything
누구든지 갈 수 있어요.
Nugudeunji gal su isseoyo.
Anyone can go.
언제든지 할 수 있어요.
Eonjedeunji hal su isseoyo.
We can do it any time.
어디에서든지 하면 돼요.
Eodieseodeunji hamyeon dwaeyo.
We can do it anywhere.
무엇이든지 주세요.
Mueosideunji juseyo.
Just give me whatever.
This is almost exactly the same as 거나 above, but it’s used in situations where A and B are either examples or are about important issues, or are examples used while talking about an important issue. So you can use it to talk about how to solve the city’s traffic problem, for example, but it would be strange to use it to talk about your weekend plans. You could, however, use it to give examples of things you normally do on the weekend.
Add an indirect speech particle (see page 304) to 거나, and repeat the particle plus 거나 after every example.
수영한다거나 자전거를 탄다거나
suyeonghandageona jajeongeoreul tandageona
go swimming or go biking
영화라거나 쇼핑이라거나
yeonghwarageona syopingirageona
a movie or shopping
소설이란다거나 만화란다거나 책을 다른 종류를 다 좋아해요.
Soseorirandageona manhwarandageona chaegeul dareun jongnyureul da joahaeyo.
I like all kinds of books like novels or comic books.
패스트 푸드를 끊는다거나 운동을 더 열심히 한다거나 하면 콜레스케롤 수치를 낮출 수 있어요.
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