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Korean
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
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| Revised Romanization? | dareumi anira |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | daleum'i anila |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tarŭmi anira |
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| Yale Romanization? | talum.i anila |
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Phrase
다름이 아니라 • (dareum-i anira)
- Used to initiate a formal and highly polite conversation
교수님, 다름이 아니라 제가 내일 강의를 못 듣게 되었는데요...- gyosunim, dareumi anira je-ga naeil gang'ui-reul mot deutge doeeonneundeyo...
- Professor, it happened to me that I cannot attend the lecture tomorrow...
19th century, 궁녀의 한글 편지 #1270 (국립고궁박물관 소장) [gungnyeoui han'geul pyeonji #1270 (gungnipgogungbangmulgwan sojang), Korean-language letter from a court servant woman, #1270 (from the National Palace Museum of Korea)]:다름 아니오라 ᄉᆞ오 삭 젼의 […] 동슈문 밧긔 무더ᄉᆞᆸ더니 ᄉᆡ 쳥딕이 이종덕이가 몃십년 버렸던 치표을 졔가 쓸 거시라 ᄒᆞ이 […]- Dareum aniora sao sak jyeon-ui dongsyumun bakkui mudeoseupdeoni sae cheongdigi Yijongdeogiga myeotsimnyeon beoryeotdeon chipyoeul jyega sseul geosira hai
- It is not anything different, but four or five months ago they buried him outside the little eastern gate, but Yi Jong-deok, the new doorman, is saying that he is going to use this grave-site that he had left abandoned for several tens of years
