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Lesson 10

This lesson is about the one-syllable word “다.”

1st meaning: all
(similar to 모두, 전부)

다 했어요. = I’ve done all of it. / I’ve finished it.
벌써 다 먹었어요? = Have you already eaten all of it?

2nd meaning: almost
(similar to 거의)

다 왔어요. = We are almost there.
다 됐어요. 조금만 기다려 봐요. = It’s almost done. Please wait a little bit.

3rd meaning: describes one’s surprise and/or frustration

무슨 이런 경우가 다 있어요? = What kind of case is this? / How does something like this happen?
뭐 저런 사람이 다 있어? = What kind of person is he? / What kind of person does that?