Let's learn about "또•다시"

* 또 has the following meaning

1) [=다시] again; once more[again]; [=다음에 또] another time; [=반복해서] repeatedly; [=계속해서] in succession

- 또 나중에 : some other time / in another time

- 또 일을 시작하다 : begin one's work again / resume one's work / be back at work

- 간밤에는 또 지진이 있었다 : There was another earthquake last night

- 그 같은 사람이 또 있을까? : Shall we ever see the like of him again?

- 또 놀러 오세요 : Come and see me again

- 다음에 또 뵙겠습니다 : I will call again some other time

- 그럼 또 만납시다 : See you later[tomorrow / next week]

2) [=게다가] and; more; moreover; besides; further(more); what is more

- 또 한 마디 / one more word

- 또 1년 : another year

- 그는 달리고 또 달렸다 : He ran and ran

- 그는 수완도 좋고 또 돈도 많다 : He has ability and plenty of money to go with it

- 게다가 또 감기까지 걸렸다 : What is worse, I have a bad cold

- 그는 대학자인데다가 또 강의도 잘한다 : He is a great scholar, and what is better, a good teacher / He is a good teacher as well as a good scholar

3) [=그리고] and; too; (not only) ‥ (but) also; as well; both ‥ and

- 그는 정치가요, 또 시인이다 : He is a statesman and poet

- 그는 또 중국어도 한다 : He speaks Chinese as well

4) [=한편] on the other hand; in turn; while; [=반대로] contrary to

- 난 또 누구라고 : Well, It is you (I thought it was somebody else)

- 형은 공부하기를 싫어하는데 동생은 또 책을 매우 좋아한다 : The elder brother does not like study, while on the other hand the younger brother is very fond of reading

- 형은 언제나 게으른 데 동생은 또 그렇게 열심이다 : The elder brother is always idle, while the younger brother is such a hardworking man

- 그가 또 대단한 실수를 저질렀군! : Ah, but what an awful blunder he has made!

- 그들은 도대체 왜 또 그런 어리석은 짓을 했지? : Why on earth did they do something so silly? / Why did they have to go and do something so silly?