See -을 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "At times when it rains, this street is submerged.",
"roman": "Bi-ga ol ttae i geori-neun jamginda.",
"text": "비가 올 때 이 거리는 잠긴다.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "You use crutches when you can't walk.",
"roman": "Mokbar-eun mot georeul ttae sayonghanda.",
"text": "목발은 못 걸을 때 사용한다.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "water which should have been cold; water which I predict was cold",
"roman": "chagawosseul mul",
"text": "차가웠을 물",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A verbal and adjectival irrealis adnominal suffix; generally equivalent to English \"that [one] will\" or \"who [one] will\", but not always with a future meaning; indicates the future intention of the subject, the inference of the subject about an event (whether past, present, or future), a general timeless fact, something that ought to be done, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"irrealis",
"irrealis#English"
],
[
"adnominal",
"adnominal#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɯɭ]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "을"
},
{
"other": "[을]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "after vowels",
"roman": "-l",
"word": "ㄹ"
}
],
"word": "-을"
}
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