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jjamppong20
7 Nov 2020

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In the sentence "주로 과거 일어난 일에 대해서만 사용하며 보통 '가다, 오다, 타다, 들르다' 동사와 같이 씁니다".

What does 일어나다 mean?

If it means "to happen" what is the difference with 생기다?

Are they synonyms and can I use them interchangeably?
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aplbly
7 Nov 2020

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일어나다 has several meaning and has similar meaning with 생기다.
you can use those interchangeably in sometimes but not always.

일어나다 is similar to something occurred.
생기다 is something appears from the zero

I think 일어나다 is more similar to 발생하다.

싸움이 일어나다.
사고가 일어나다.
전쟁이 일어나다.
혁명이 일어나다.

계획에 지장이 생기다.
문제가 생기다.
사고가 생기다.
싸움이 생기다.

ir-eo-na-da has several meaning and has similar meaning with saeng-gi-da.
you can use those interchangeably in sometimes but not always.

ir-eo-na-da is similar to something occurred.
saeng-gi-da is something appears from the zero

I think ir-eo-na-da is more similar to bar-saeng-ha-da.

ssa-um-i ir-eo-na-da.
sa-go-ga ir-eo-na-da.
jeon-jaeng-i ir-eo-na-da.
hyeog-myeong-i ir-eo-na-da.

gye-hoeg-e ji-jang-i saeng-gi-da.
mun-je-ga saeng-gi-da.
sa-go-ga saeng-gi-da.
ssa-um-i saeng-gi-da.
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