No. 18,945 in Korean
썼으면
"썼으면" means "if [subject] wrote" or "if [subject] used."
In a sentence
숙제를 미리 썼으면 좋았을 텐데.
It would have been better if you had written your homework earlier.
In this context, "썼으면" refers to a conditional past tense, indicating an action (writing) that would have created a favorable outcome if it had happened.
이 펜을 썼으면 글씨가 더 잘 써졌을 거야.
If you had used this pen, your writing would have turned out better.
Here, "썼으면" expresses a hypothetical scenario in which using the specified pen could have been beneficial.
그 돈을 저축했을 때보다 더 나은 결과를 얻었을 거야.
By using that money, the outcome could have been better than when it was saved.
The phrase here shows how "썼으면" conveys usage in a conditional thought.
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