No. 11,469 in Korean
꿨지만
"꿨지만" means "dreamed, but" in English, combining the past tense of "to dream" (꾸다) and the conjunction "지만" (but).
In a sentence
어젯밤엔 이상한 꿈을 꿨지만 기억나지 않아.
Last night, I had a strange dream, but I don’t remember it.
Here, '꿨지만' is used to contrast the act of dreaming with the fact of not remembering the dream.
열심히 꿈을 꿨지만 현실은 냉정했어.
I dreamed diligently, but reality was harsh.
In this sentence, '꿨지만' highlights the contrast between dreaming ambitiously and facing harsh reality.
그는 꿈을 꿨지만 이루지 못했어.
He had a dream, but he couldn’t achieve it.
This illustrates the contrast between having a dream and not achieving it using '꿨지만'.
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