랑 - 다른 뜻
"철수랑 영희랑 좋아한대요? 정말이요? 전혀 몰랐는데요"

I know 랑 means "with" (=와/과/하고), however, in the above sentence 랑 is repeated 2 times. The meaning of sentence can be understood " It is heard that Cheol Su and Younghee love each other". Why not "철수 영희 를 좋아한대요", but "철수랑 영희랑 좋아한대요?

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랑 - 다른 뜻
"철수랑 영희랑 좋아한대요? 정말이요? 전혀 몰랐는데요"

I know 랑 means "with" (=와/과/하고), however, in the above sentence 랑 is repeated 2 times. The meaning of sentence can be understood " It is heard that Cheol Su and Younghee love each other". Why not "철수 영희 를 좋아한대요", but "철수랑 영희랑 좋아한대요?

Answer

Because two sentences have different meaning. 
철수가 영희를 좋아한대요 means It is heard that Cheol Su loves Young Hee. (And I don't know whether Young Hee loves Cheol Su or not)
But 철수랑 영희랑 좋아한대요 means It is heard that Cheol Su and Young Hee love each other.

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