-다 하면

Korean

Etymology

다 (-da, declarative suffix) +‎ 하 (ha-, “to say”) +‎ 면 (-myeon, “if”): "if one says that..."

Suffix

다 하면 • (-da ha-myeon)

1. if... always; expresses the inevitable, and usually quickly ensuing, result of a hypothetical.

   아기는 배고프다 하면 운다.

   Agi-neun baegopeu-da hamyeon unda.

   When babies are hungry, they can't help but cry.

   그 명장은 싸운다 하면 이겼다.

   Geu myeongjang-eun ssaun-da hamyeon igyeotda.

   That famed general was always victorious whenever he fought.