-고도
A connective ending used to express a fact or feeling, and add that there is an opposite or another characteristic in the following statement.
A connective ending used to express a fact or feeling, and add that there is an opposite or another characteristic in the following statement.
This connective ending is a combination of the connective ending -고 (and) and the particle 도 (also, even). In this combination, -고 takes the sequential meaning of after or then, and -도 takes the meaning of even.
V-고도 is a contraction of V-고 + 아/어도 , and used to express an that an unexpected action or situation occurs after the completion of the action in the preceding clause (even after, even though)
A-고도 is a contraction of A-V + 아/어도, and used to express that something has two opposite characteristics (and yet, but)
Note that the verb preceding -고도 must be in the present tense, and that the subject of the two clauses must be the same.
Category:
Beginner
Added:
Dec 4, 2025
Examples:
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공짜로 영화를 보고도 후회했다.
Even though I saw the movie for free, I regretted doing so.
결혼하고도 일을 계속하고 싶다.
Even after I get married, I want to keep working.
그 친구는 늦게 오고도 사과하지 않았다.
Even though he was late, he didn't apologise.
동생이 도자기를 깨고도 깨지 않았다고 했어요.
Even though brother broke the pottery, he said he didn’t break it.