No. 1,071 in Korean
크고
"크고" means "big and" or "large and" in English.
In a sentence
이 집은 크고 아름답습니다.
This house is big and beautiful.
Here, '크고' describes the size of the house and is connected with the next adjective '아름답습니다' using '고', which is used for listing multiple adjectives or descriptions.
그 나무는 매우 크고 잘 자랐어요.
That tree is very large and grew well.
In this sentence, '크고' refers to the size of the tree, and '고' links this description to the verb '잘 자랐어요', indicating that the tree is not only large but also well grown.
크고 작음은 상대적인 개념입니다.
Big and small are relative concepts.
Here, '크고' is used abstractly in conjunction with '작음', discussing concepts of size in a general or comparative sense.
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