날다

nalda · TOPIK 1

to fly

🐦 nal-da: a gnat (nal) can fly — da just marks the verb

The stem nal sounds a bit like gnat with an L, a tiny thing that flies. The same stem appears in 날개 (nalgae, wing) and 날리다 (nallida, to make something fly), so learning nal- unlocks a small word family.

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