#having done

~(어/아) 가지고 (causal relationship, colloquial, only used in speech and not writing)

1. Because, since, so (cause and effect, similar to ~아/어/여서)

바빠 가지고 지금 갈 수 없어요 = Because I am busy I can not go. 어제 늦게 끝나 가지고 집에 못 갔어요 = Because I finished late yesterday, I couldn’t go home 오늘 날씨가 너무 더워 가지고 약속을 취소했어요 = Because the weather is so hot today, I cancelled my plans 우리가 너무 일찍 와 가지고 오랫동안 기다렸어요 = Because we came so early, we had to wait for a long time

2. After doing.., Having done... (colloquial expression of "having done something" is similar to -ㄴ/은 후에 and ~아/어/여서 )

불어를 공부해 가지고 프랑스에 살고 싶어요 = After studying French I want to live in France. 은행에서 돈을 찾아 가지고 나가겠어요 = After withdrawing money from the bank, I will go out. 한국어를 배워 가지고 한국 회사에 취직하겠어요 = After learning Korean, I will get a job in a Korean company. 공부를 해 가지고 와 = Come after you study.

it’s intriguing how you could do things you’ve never done before, as if some time before your own life, you had done them and only now you are remembering such things.

yet at the same time, how do you know if what you are doing is right, if no one else is telling you; if no one else can tell you?

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how do you love if you’ve never loved before?