Jumat, 21 Maret 2014

A.V. + ㄴ/은/는 김에 => "while one is at it/doing it," "since/because"

  A.V. + ㄴ/은/는 김에
=> "while one is at it/doing it," "since/because"
This colloquial expression is used when we say, "while we are at it, we might as well do . . . ," and use the verbal modifier ㄴ/은 or 는, depending on the tense.

  • 은행에 가는 김에 서점에도 들를까?
    => Since we are going to the bank, shall we stop at a bookstore?
  • 뉴욕에 간 김에 자유의 여신상을 구경했다.
    => While we were in New York City, we toured the Statue of Liberty. 

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