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V-아/어 내다 — manage to … · see it through — getting something hard done by your own effort

Manage to … · see it through — getting something hard done by your own effort. Korean grammar for advanced learners — Level 5B, lesson 10: 비자와 건강보험 (Visas and health insurance — changing your status at the immigration counter, and getting a straight answer about your premium).

What it means

V-아/어 내다 is used when you did something hard all the way to the end: 서류를 끝까지 준비해 냈어요. Add -아/어 내다 to a verb: 참다 → 참아 내다 · 견디다 → 견뎌 내다 · 준비하다 → 준비해 내다. 해내다, 찾아내다 and 알아내다 are single words, so they are written together. It is not used for easy or accidental things, nor with adjectives: 밥을 먹어 냈어요 ✗.

Forms

PatternWhenExample
V-아 내다ㅏ · ㅗ참다 → 참아 내다
V-어 내다ㅏ · ㅗ 밖의 모음견디다 → 견뎌 내다
하다 → 해 내다하다준비하다 → 준비해 내다

Key points

Examples

Where university textbooks teach it

This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 5B, lesson 7; Sogang University Korean 5B, lesson 3; Ewha Womans University Korean 5, lesson 4.

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