Difference between revisions of "아/어 봤자"

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A/V + 아/어/여 봤자 : This pattern is equivalent to equivalent statement

Conjugation Rule
	Pattern	Case	Example
Rule 1:		If there is no 받침 or if the adjective/verb stem has ㄹ as a 받침
Rule 2:		If there is a 받침 at the end of the adjective/verb stem

Korean	English	Notes
울어 봤자 소용없어.	It's no use to cry.	informal form
그에게 충고해 봤자 소용없어요.	Advice is no use to him.	formal form
그래봤자 소용없어.	It is useless doing that.	informal form
남자친구한테 잘해줘 봤자 소용없어.	No matter how nice you would be to a man, it is of no use.	informal form
졸라 봤자 안가르쳐 줄거예요.	Even if you ask importunately, I won't tell you.	informal form
운전을 배워봤자, 쓸데 없어. 난 자동차도 없어.	Even if I learn to drive, it's no use. I don't even have a car.	informal form
노력 해봤자 그 사람을 따라갈 수 없을거야.	Even if you work hard, you won't able to keep up.	informal form
이 라면 한 그릇 먹어 봤자 간에 기별도 안 가요.	Even if i eat a bowl of this ramyon, my stomach will hardly notice.	informal form
길이 아무리 막혀봤자 3시간안에 도착할거야.	We can arrive in 3 hours even if the traffic is blocked.	informal form
뛰어봤자 벼룩이지.	You can run, but you can't hide.	proverb

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 |Comment4 =informal form
 |Korex5 =졸라 봤자 안가르쳐 줄거예요.
-|Engex5 =
+|Engex5 = Even if you ask importunately, I won't tell you.
-|Comment5 =
+|Comment5 =informal form
-|Korex6 =기다려 봤자 그 사람은 돌아오지 않을 거예요.
+|Korex6 =운전을 배워봤자, 쓸데 없어. 난 자동차도 없어.
-|Engex6 =
+|Engex6 =Even if I learn to drive, it's no use. I don't even have a car.
-|Comment6 =
+|Comment6 =informal form
-|Korex7 = 노력 해봤자 이길 수 없을거야.
+|Korex7 = 노력 해봤자 그 사람을 따라갈 수 없을거야.
-|Engex7 =
+|Engex7 =Even if you work hard, you won't able to keep up.
-|Comment7 =
+|Comment7 =informal form
-|Korex8 =당신은 오래 살아봤자 3개월밖에 살지 못합니다.
+|Korex8 =이 라면 한 그릇 먹어 봤자 간에 기별도 안 가요.
-|Engex8 =
+|Engex8 =Even if i eat a bowl of this ramyon, my stomach will hardly notice.
-|Comment8 =
+|Comment8 =informal form
 |Korex9 =길이 아무리 막혀봤자 3시간안에 도착할거야.
 |Engex9 =We can arrive in 3 hours even if the traffic is blocked.