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What does "한들" mean in 특히 우리나라 산은 아무리 험하다 한들 아마추어가 오르지 못할 산이 없어서 and
"않으리오만" in 산이라면 어느 산인들 정이 가지 않으리오만은 ?
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* 한들 = 하다 + -ㄴ들.
-ㄴ들 is a verb connective ending (and a special particle with the same meaning) expressing "even though". I.e. even if the phrase it introduces is true, it doesn't lessen the effect of what follows, which is usually in the negative or restrictive sense.
E.g.
- 태산이 높다 한들 하늘 아래 뫼이로다 = No matter how high 태산 is, it's just another mountain under the sky.
- 그래 본들 소용 없어. = It's no use to try that. (그래 보다 = 그렇게 해 보다 = try that (way)).
특히 우리나라 산은 아무리 험하다 한들 아마추어가 오르지 못할 산이 없어서.
=> Especially because the mountains in our country are rarely unclimbable no matter how high they are,
* -(않으)리오만 = -(않으)리오? + 만.
This is an example of the [subjunctive-like interrogative ending + 만(은)] pattern, which accepts a lesser related fact (with the nuance that it is unquestionably true) before mentioning something more important which still remains true despite the earlier concession. It is a rhetorical device to increase the impact of the main topic.
-오 is an old style sentence ending with mid-level politeness which is mostly used in literary settings nowadays. -리오 is -리 combined with -오, where -리 expresses a sense of -ㄹ 것이다 or -겠다, to indicate the future tense or the will of the speaker. -리오 is thus similar to -ㄹ 것이에요 or -겠어요 in a declarative sentence, or a rhetorical -기야 하겠어요? or -겠어요? which actually means -지 않을 거예요 or -지 않겠어요.
E.g.
- 부탁하면 들어주지 않겠냐만 말을 꺼내기가 어렵다 = If we ask them, they'll probably say yes, but it's hard to bring it up.
- 부탁하면 들어주지 않으리오만 말을 꺼내기가 어렵소 (in old style).
- 산이라면 어느 산인들 정이 가지 않으리오만은 (그래도 특벌히 마음을 주게 되는 산이 있는 법이다).
= Granted, every mountain out there arouses affection in me. (Still, there always seems to be one that I end up loving more than any other).
Another example:
- 내가 아무리 가난한들 티브이 살 돈이 없겠냐만은 좋아하지 않아서 안 사는 것이다.
= 내가 아무리 가난한들 티브이 살 돈이 없지는 않다 (살 돈은 있다). 단지 좋아하지 않아서 안 사는 것이다.
= As poor as I may be, it´d be absurd to think I can´t afford a TV set. I just don buy one because I don like TV.
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