다름이 아니라

Korean
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Etymology

다름 (dareum, “difference; something different; something other”) + —이 (i, “nominative case marker”) + 아니— (ani-, “to not be”) + —라 (ra, “conjunctive particle”), literally "It is not something else but..." with the implied meaning of "It's not for some other reason that I'm talking to you, but because..."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(Seoul dialect, key): [ta̠ɾɯmi a̠niɾa̠]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [다르미 아니라]
Revised Romanization? dareumi anira
Revised Romanization (translit.)? daleum-i anila
McCune–Reischauer? tarŭmi anira
Yale Romanization? talum.i anila

Phrase

다름이 아니라 • (dareumi anira)

  1. Used to initiate a formal and highly polite conversation
    교수님, 다름이 아니라 제가 내일 강의를 못 듣게 되었는데요...
    Gyosunim, dareumi anira jega naeil gang-uireul mot deutge doeeonneundeyo...
    Professor, it happened to me that I cannot attend the lecture tomorrow...
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