-(으)ㄴ/는 대신에
daesin(e)
Grammar · 1 sense
instead of, but in return
Examples
이번에는 제가 사는 대신에 다음에 사 주세요.
I'll pay this time, and you get the next one.
집이 좁은 대신에 회사에서 아주 가까워요.
The flat is small, but in return it's very close to work.
When you'd hear it
대신(에) is common in everyday conversation, including polite requests and casual plans with friends. The shortened form 대신 is also frequent, while 대신에 sounds slightly more explicit and appears often in careful speech and writing.
What learners get wrong
Two readings from one shape. Swapping one thing for another - 밥 대신에 빵을 먹었어요 - and offsetting a drawback with a compensation - 월급이 적은 대신에 시간이 많아요. The second is the one worth learning, since English needs a whole clause for it.
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