-고 들다
-go deulda
press/insist on doing (confrontationally)
Attaches to a verb stem to describe pushing forward assertively or confrontationally with an action, such as criticizing, opposing, or refusing, often against someone else's wishes.
Form
- Attaches to
- Verb, Adjective, Auxiliary
Meanings
- 1
An expression used to press someone to do the preceding act.
앞말이 나타내는 행동을 다그치며 나서서 하는 것을 나타내는 표현.
※ 동사 또는 ‘-으시-’ 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.
Examples
그는 내 행동 하나하나를 비판하면서 따지고 들었다.
He criticized every single thing I did and pressed me about it.
부모님은 내가 공부 아닌 다른 일을 하고 싶다고 하면 무조건 말리고 드셨다.
Whenever I said I wanted to do something other than study, my parents would flatly insist on stopping me.
다른 사람의 의견을 잘 들어 보지도 않고 비판하고 드는 태도는 잘못된 것이다.
It's wrong to jump straight into criticizing someone without even properly listening to their opinion.
승규는 사춘기인가 봐요. 그러게요. 아무리 달래 보고 혼내 봐도 내 말은 무조건 거부하고 들어요.
I guess Seunggyu is going through puberty. Right. No matter how much I try to soothe him or scold him, he just flatly refuses everything I say.
승규는 사춘기인가 봐요.
I guess Seunggyu is going through puberty.
그러게요. 아무리 달래 보고 혼내 봐도 내 말은 무조건 거부하고 들어요.
Right. No matter how much I try to soothe him or scold him, he just flatly refuses everything I say.
Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
Quick check
1. What does ‘-고 들다’ mean?
2. Which form means “press/insist on doing (confrontationally)”?