-(으)ㄴ 채로
(eu)n chaero
Grammar · 1 sense
Under the Conditions of
Examples
옷을 입은 채로 물에 들어가세요.
Enter the water with clothes on.
소포가 개봉된 채로 배달되었다.
The package was delivered unopened.
When you'd hear it
This pattern is common in everyday speech, instructions, and written descriptions of an unchanged condition. It appears in situations such as entering somewhere with something still on or receiving something while it remains in a particular state.
What learners get wrong
It emphasizes maintaining a state while another action happens, unlike -면서, which simply links simultaneous actions. Look for a condition that stays unchanged throughout the main action.
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