그럼

geureom · TOPIK 1

then, well

그럼 = 그러면 squeezed short: if so -> then, well

그럼 is the contracted form of 그러면, built from 그러하다 (to be so) + -면 (if). Literally if that is so, which is why it means then or well at the start of a reply. Said alone, 그럼! also means of course.

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