-고는 하다

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고는 하다 (-goneun hada)

  1. customarily, habitually; (in the past tense) would...
    아기 고프면 곤 한다.Agi-neun bae-ga gopeumyeon ul-gon handa.Babies usually cry when they are hungry.
    어릴 할아버지께서 내게 부처님 말씀 가르쳐주시곤 하셨다.
    Eoril jeog-e harabeoji-kkeseo naege Bucheonim malsseum-eul gareucheo-jusigon hasyeotda.
    When I was little, my grandfather would teach me the words of the Buddha.