"-으면" meaning in Korean

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Suffix

IPA: [ɯmjʌ̹n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: 으면 [canonical], -eumyeon [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Korean 으〮면〮/ᄋᆞ〮면〮 (Yale: -úmyén/ómyén), a Middle Korean innovation from Old Korean 㢱 (*-mye, adverb-deriving suffix) + 隱 (*-n, topic marker). Modern speakers do not perceive it as such. Etymology templates: {{inh|ko|okm|-}} Middle Korean, {{m|okm|-으〮면〮/ᄋᆞ〮면〮|tr=-}} 으〮면〮/ᄋᆞ〮면〮, {{okm-l|-으〮면〮/ᄋᆞ〮면〮|-úmyén/ómyén}} 으〮면〮/ᄋᆞ〮면〮 (Yale: -úmyén/ómyén), {{der|ko|oko|㢱|pos=adverb-deriving suffix|tr=*-mye}} Old Korean 㢱 (*-mye, adverb-deriving suffix), {{m|oko|隱|pos=topic marker|tr=*-n}} 隱 (*-n, topic marker), {{lang|ko|남풍현}} 남풍현 Head templates: {{ko-suffix}} 으면 • (-eumyeon)
  1. if, when Tags: morpheme Synonyms: 면 — after vowels and ㄹ (l)

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          "english": "If he goes, I will also go.",
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          "english": "When spring comes, flowers blossom.",
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          "when"
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      "ipa": "[ɯmjʌ̹n]",
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