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Laura Nilson
자고로 meaning
I asked for some native speakers and they all say it means "traditionally" but I don't think it really fits on this sentence...
The character says:
너무 완벽해서 내 스타일 아니야
자고로 남자는 좀 진득한 구석이 있어야 매력이지
It looks like she's talking about a personal taste not a traditional/cultural thing. I'm very confused at this point. Could someone help me out? There isn't another meaning for 자고로?
Jun 21, 2019 9:25 AM
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자고로 is used when referring to the tradition, like "as the tradition says / goes".
In your example, the speaker is invoking traditional thoughts to justify her own feelings.
너무 완벽해서 내 스타일 아니야 = He is too perfect to suit my taste.
자고로 남자는 좀 진득한 구석이 있어야 매력이지 = As the tradition says, a man should have a persistent/dogged side to be attractive.
She's saying she agrees with the traditional thoughts that a man should have a trait of persistence.
Note N-이 있어야(지) 매력이다 postulates a condition, that he will be attractive / an attraction only if he has N. It doesn't mean that he already has such a trait.
June 21, 2019
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