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No. 16,848 in Korean

살았으면

"살았으면" means "if (someone) lived" or "if (someone) is alive."

In a sentence

  • 바닷가 근처에서 살았으면 자연의 소리를 자주 들을 수 있습니다.

    If you lived near the beach, you could often hear the sounds of nature.

    This usage indicates a hypothetical or conditional scenario where one imagines living near the seaside.

  • 전쟁 중에 살았으면 얼마나 힘들었을까요?

    If you lived during wartime, how difficult would it have been?

    Here, the word is used to contemplate or ponder a historical or imagined situation associated with living conditions during wartime.

  • 그때 그 마을에서 살았으면 지금의 환경을 잘 이해할 수 있을 거예요.

    If you had lived in that village at the time, you would be able to understand the current environment well.

    This sentence uses the word to describe a hypothetical past scenario related to understanding contemporary circumstances.

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