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목요일에는 영화를 보기도 하고 산책도 해요.mogyoireneun yeonghwareul bogido hago sanchaekdo haeyo.
Meaning
On Thursday, I sometimes watch a movie and sometimes take a walk.
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Breakdown of mogyoireneun yeonghwareul bogido hago sanchaekdo haeyo.
~를~reul
object particle
~는~neun
topic particle
영화yeonghwa
movie
보다boda
to watch
Questions & Answers about mogyoireneun yeonghwareul bogido hago sanchaekdo haeyo.
Why do we say 목요일에는 instead of 목요일에?
In Korean, -에 marks a point in time (“on Thursday”), while adding 는 (making 에는) turns it into a topic: “As for Thursdays…” This emphasizes that what follows is your habitual routine on Thursdays.
How does the structure 영화를 보기도 하고 산책도 해요 list multiple activities? Why is it 보기도 and then 산책도 해요 (two 도s)?
This uses the “-기도 하고 …도 하다” pattern to enumerate actions:
- Nominalize the first verb with -기: 보다 → 보기
- Attach -도 하다 to mean “also do …”: 보기도 하다
- To connect to the next action, change 하다 to 하고: 보기도 하고
- For the next activity, attach 도 directly to the noun, then 하다: 산책
- 도
- 해요 → 산책도 해요
- 도
Each 도 marks “also,” showing you do both activities on Thursdays.
Is there a nuance difference between using -기도 하고 …도 해요 and simply connecting verbs with 그리고?
Yes. -기도 하고 …도 하다 implies a non‐exhaustive list or “among other things,” highlighting that these are some of the things you do. Using 그리고 just connects statements (“and”) without that sense of “also” or “sometimes X, sometimes Y.”