나르다

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First attested in the Gyechuk ilgi (癸丑日記 / 계축일기), c. 1600 , as Early Modern Korean 나ᄅᆞ다 (Yale: nalo-ta). From the same root as 나루 (naru, “ferry”), Middle Korean ᄂᆞᄅᆞ (Yale: nòlò).

나르다 • (nareuda) (infinitive 날라, sequential 나르니)

1. (transitive) to carry

   이 매트리스 나르는 걸 좀 도와주시겠어요?

   I maeteuriseu nareuneun geol jom dowajusigesseoyo?

   Could you please give me a hand carrying this mattress?

2. (transitive, figurative) to convey (e.g. of a piece of writing)

   글로 옮겨야만 나르기 쉬운 마음과 생각들이 있다.

   Geul-lo omgyeo-ya-man nareugi swiun ma'eum-gwa saenggak-deur-i itda.

   There are feelings and thoughts that are easy to convey only when you put them down in writing.

나르다 • (nareuda) (infinitive 날라, sequential 나르니)

1. (nonstandard, sometimes literary) Alternative form of 날다 (nalda, “to fly”)

   하늘을 나르는 새들 ― haneur-eul nareuneun sae-deul ― birds flying in the sky

• Found especially in the conjugation 나르는 (nareuneun), but more rarely in sentence-final position.