ganjanghago sikchoreul gati neoheumyeon deo masisseoyo.

If you add soy sauce and vinegar together, it tastes better.

Breakdown of ganjanghago sikchoreul gati neoheumyeon deo masisseoyo.

• ~를: object particle
• 맛있다: delicious
• 더: more
• ~으면: if

Questions & Answers about ganjanghago sikchoreul gati neoheumyeon deo masisseoyo.

What does 하고 mean here?

Here, 하고 means and.

So:

• 간장하고 식초를 = soy sauce and vinegar

In this sentence, 하고 connects two nouns: 간장 and 식초.

Be careful: 하고 can also be the verb form meaning do/doing in other sentences, but here it is not a verb. It is just a connector meaning and.

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Why is there only one 를? Why not put 를 after both 간장 and 식초?

In 간장하고 식초를, the whole phrase 간장하고 식초 works together as one object, so the object marker 를 is attached only to the last noun.

So this structure works like:

• [간장하고 식초]를 넣으면
• if you add [soy sauce and vinegar]

This is very normal in Korean. The particle on the last item can apply to the whole list.

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Could I use something other than 하고 for and?

Yes. Korean has several ways to say and between nouns.

For example:

• 간장과 식초를 같이 넣으면 더 맛있어요.
• 간장이랑 식초를 같이 넣으면 더 맛있어요.
• 간장하고 식초를 같이 넣으면 더 맛있어요.

These all mean basically the same thing.

General 느낌:

• 과/와: a bit more formal or written
• 하고: common and natural in speech
• (이)랑: very conversational

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