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우기는 덴 장사 없구나. What is the use of 는 and 덴 here? Hi. May I ask what is the literal translation of this one. I tried translating it using papago and it says "there's no business in the rainy season. What I am confused is, let us say that 우기 is noun meaning rainy season, attached by 는 which is a topic particle, what is the use of 덴? As far as I know 데 is a bound noun, and a bound noun can not stand alone, it's either must be followed by a prenoun or a noun-modifying form. But as far as what I learned a noun-modifying form is formed through attaching -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ to a verb then the noun being modified, but 우기 here is not a verb, right? based on what the papago's translation says.

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HI :) First, the original sentence is " 우기는 데는 이길 장사 없다 " from the first part, 우기다 means to insist or to give an opinion strongly regardless of the others ( being stubborn) e.g. situation 1, ( you think your friend ate your food and she keeps saying she didn't "BUT you don't believe it) 친구가 나의 음식을 안 먹었다고 우겼다. ( my friend insisted she didn't eat it ( but i don't trust it in my mind )) (you can just think the behavior "우기다" means being stubborn ) ~하는 덴 = ~하는 데는 means Speaking about someone doing/saying something ( you can also change it to~ 말하자면 " if i say about ~ ) e.g. speaking of her studying hard, there is a reason 그녀가 열심히 공부하는 데는 이유가 있다. 이기다 = to win ~ 하길 = "TO" e.g. 열심히 공부하길 잘했다 지금 말을 잘 할 수 있어! It's been good to study hard, I can now speak well! 장사 means a strong man honestly, you don't really need to know that :) cuz what you have to focus on is what the sentence is meaning So, 우기는 데는 이길 장사 없다 can be translate into " speaking of her or him insisting the opinion / being stubborn, there is no a strong man to win/defeat it " in other words, if i translate it freely, it would be " we can't defeat what she's insisting ( cuz she is stubborn) " it's good to be curious all the time but try to avoid translating Korean language into your language directly/ perfectly i would recommend you to focus on the situation when the sentence is used :) Thank you Ah i forgot to say this... do not trust papago : ) haha
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In this case, "덴" is not used by bound noun. "덴" is used short word such like abbreviation. "덴" is means " ~것에 대해서는 = about what someone do/say I would like to translate about full sentence like below. " There is no way to win what he insist one's own opinion " it is badly meaning.

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