what is the meaning of 오라는 in this sentence
Hello,

Can someone please help with the grammatical breakdown of 오라는 in 그는 오라는 직장이 몇 군데 있습니다.

I'm pretty sure it's 오다 + an ending.

I look at 라는, 라 and a bunch of other endings but nothing seems to make sense.

Thank you in advance.The translation of this sentence is "he has several job offers".

Question

what is the meaning of 오라는 in this sentence
Hello,

Can someone please help with the grammatical breakdown of 오라는 in 그는 오라는 직장이 몇 군데 있습니다.

I'm pretty sure it's 오다 + an ending.

I look at 라는, 라 and a bunch of other endings but nothing seems to make sense.

Thank you in advance.The translation of this sentence is "he has several job offers".

Answer

The best equivalent in english is to "be called".

“킴치” 라는 음식이 아세요?

Do you know a food called kimchi

"That XXX" 이라는 노래 들었어

I heard a song called "That XXX".

Off the top of my head theres two songs i tranlated recently that use this grammar point. Here are the lyric examples:

"사랑이라는 것 없다" "Theres no such thing as love" aka "what is called love or the thing called love doesnt exist”

“약이라는 시간도 괘 지났는데” "This time that is called "medicine" has passed quite a bit

Lyrics are from Gdragon & Rose "Without You" & 태양 - 이게 아닌데

Answer

Thank you for your question, Nonesense.

Going to analyze '오라는', You know 오다, so let's move on.
'라는' is a abbreviation to '라고 하는'.
Let's analyze '라고', '라고' is 라 + 고.
라 is final ending indicating the meaning of the order.
고 is a case postpositional particle that the preceding words are second-hand quotations.
Therefore, '라고' means to indirectly quote the contents of an order.

Have a nice day~

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