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No. 3,849 in Korean

아플

"아플" means "will be painful" or "will hurt," derived from the verb "아프다" (to be painful/sick) in its future or descriptive form.

In a sentence

  • 그는 독감에 걸려서 너무 아플 것 같아요.

    He seems to be very sick because he caught the flu.

    In this sentence, '아플' is derived from the verb '아프다', which means 'to feel pain' or 'to be sick'. Here, it is used as a descriptive adjective in its modifying form to describe the state of being sick or feeling pain.

  • 아플 때는 충분히 쉬는 것이 중요합니다.

    When you feel sick, it's important to rest enough.

    Here, '아플' is used in the phrase '아플 때', combining '아플', the adjective form of '아프다', with '때', meaning 'time', to express 'the time when one feels sick'.

  • 팔이 이렇게 아플 줄은 몰랐어요.

    I didn't know my arm would hurt this much.

    In this example, '아플' is used to describe the expected state of pain in the context of past assumption or realization, combined with '줄은 몰랐다', meaning 'did not know'.

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