예나 지금이나

Korean

예 (ye, “old times”) + —나 (-na, “or”) + 지금 (jigeum, “now”) + —이나 (-ina, “or”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈje̞(ː)na̠ t͡ɕiɡɯmina̠]
Phonetic hangul: [예(ː)나 지그미나]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yena jigeumina
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yena jigeum'ina
McCune–Reischauer^?	yena chigŭmina
Yale Romanization^?	yēyna cikum.ina

예 나 지금 이나 • (ye-na jigeum-ina)

whether in old times or nowadays; used when a state or quality in the past has not been changed and still remains today
그 는 예나 지금이나 친절하다.
geu-neun ye-na jigeum-ina chinjeolhada.
He is still kind as he has been in the past.

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