"왜냐하면" meaning in Korean

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Adverb

IPA: [wɛɲa̠ɦa̠mjʌ̹n] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [we̞ɲa̠ɦa̠mjʌ̹n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: waenyahamyeon [romanization]
Etymology: Literally "if you want to know why." From 왜 (wae, “why”) + 이다|이 (ida|i-, “be”, copula, elided) + 냐 (-nya, interrogative suffix) + 하다|하 (hada|ha-, “say”) + 면 (-myeon, conditional conjunctive suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|ko|왜|이-|-냐|하-|-면|pos2=copula, elided|pos3=interrogative suffix|pos5=conditional conjunctive suffix|t1=why|t2=be|t4=say}} 왜 (wae, “why”) + 이다|이 (ida|i-, “be”, copula, elided) + 냐 (-nya, interrogative suffix) + 하다|하 (hada|ha-, “say”) + 면 (-myeon, conditional conjunctive suffix) Head templates: {{ko-adv}} 왜냐하면 • (waenyahamyeon)
  1. because; for the following reason. Synonyms: 왜냐면 (waenyamyeon)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 왜냐하면 meaning in Korean (2.5kB)

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  "etymology_text": "Literally \"if you want to know why.\" From 왜 (wae, “why”) + 이다|이 (ida|i-, “be”, copula, elided) + 냐 (-nya, interrogative suffix) + 하다|하 (hada|ha-, “say”) + 면 (-myeon, conditional conjunctive suffix).",
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          "english": "[I] have to go home early today. It's because [my] wife is sick.",
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