Elisa
What is the meaning of 살다 살다? I was watching a TV show and I came across this sentence "살다 살다 마이크 목도리에 찬 거 처음 봅니다" I can understand what the meaning in general is, but I can't understand the verb "live" that was put twice at the beginning. Does anyone know? Thank you a lot.
2017년 12월 30일 오후 2:44
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살다살다 something을/를 처음본다 is used like one sentence. It means in my whole life i never seen this before. So when you saw something that surprised or shocked you, you can use it if you never seen that before. So I want to say 살다살다 is in my whole life.
2017년 12월 30일
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살다 살다 is short for 살다가 살다가. "X-다가 Y" means Y happens unexpectedly while doing X (운동하다가 발을 다쳤다 = I hurt my foot while exercising), so 살다가 X는 처음 봅니다 means "I've seen X for the first time in my life", like it's something very unusual and rare so that you'd have to bring up your entire life instead of mere months or years. If you repeat it, the meaning is strengthened, like "I've seen so many things in my long life, but this still surprises me". The same form sometimes have a slightly different meaning of "no matter how (one) tried", expressing how long or hard something has been. For example, - 살다 살다 저렇게 막돼 먹은 사람은 처음이다 = This is the first time in my whole life I've seen such a bad mannered guy. - 하다 하다 안돼서 포기했어 = 해도 해도 안돼서 포기했어 = I gave up after failing no matter how hard I tried.
2017년 12월 30일
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