what is the meaning of 동안?
what i know about it is that it means "while".. but every time i try to translate a song with a word like this, it seems very difficult for me.. i am confused..

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what is the meaning of 동안?
what i know about it is that it means "while".. but every time i try to translate a song with a word like this, it seems very difficult for me.. i am confused..

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verb + -는 동안 

자는 동안 while I sleep 
밥 먹는 동안 while I have breakfast/lunch/dinner 
공부하는 동안 while I study 

pronoun + 동안 
그 동안 while the period of time 
(There's no other example, I think) 

그 동안 잘 있었어? How have you been? 
(Literally, have you been well in the past period of time? And it's not said between friends see each other often.) 

I thought it a babyface as soon as I saw your question. It's recommended that you should know all the contexts a word is used in.

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It also means a period of time...

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it can translate with '~하는동안'

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