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실례지만 vs 실례하지만?
Why is the expression 실례지만 correct? I would have expected 실례하지만 to be the correct form because 실례 is a noun and 실례하다 is a verb and my (maybe too basic) grammar book tells me that the ~지만 pattern works with verbs only.
2020년 4월 26일 오전 8:35
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Those look simple, but there are many things to trip up learners in there.
-지만 is a conjugation form for verbs and adjectives, but it can come after a noun too.
The reason is because it can a contraction of -이지만, which comes directly after a noun.
* 실례이다 = 실례(n) + 이다(is) = It is 실례 (impropriety). 이다 is a special particle acting like a linking verb. (It is the only verb-like particle, and attaches to a noun without a space, as in 나는 학생이다).
* 실레이지만 (실례이다 + -지만) => 실례지만 (이 drops only after a vowel-ending syllable).
So 실례지만 is like "(I know) it is improper, but ...".
We do not say 실례하지만 very much. The other commonly heard phrases are: 실례되(겠)지만, 실례합니다만, or 실례합니다 / 실례하겠어요 / 실례해요 (when you're trying to get someone's attention or passing someone in close quarters). These sound more polite and refined than 실례하지만.
2020년 4월 26일
Well..actually both are right.. but i think 실례지만 is used more widely...i guess the reason is that 실례지만 is more short..so easy to say.
2020년 4월 26일
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