생각하다

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to think

🧠 생각 (thought) + 하다 (to do) = to do a thought

생각 is the noun for thought or idea, and 하다 is the all-purpose verb to do. Korean builds many verbs this way: noun + 하다. So to think is literally to do thought, just as 공부하다 is to do study.

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