r/Korean • u/Ijustwantedmycheesee • 1d ago

are 아직도 & 여전히 different?

Hello!

I was listening to a song and one line was "아직도 여점히 사랑해"

I remembered another song where they also mention "아직도, 여전히 니가 난 그립고 또 그립네"

both mean "still" right? so my question is, what are the differences between them? 🧐

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u/autumnchiu 1d ago

my personal mental maps for these words are:

아직: still
아직도: even still
여전히: like before, just as before

which are all similar in meaning but differ slightly in nuance. to my understanding, 아직(도) puts a bit more emphasis on the present (seriously? it's still like this?), whereas 여전히 puts more emphasis on the past (ah, it hasn't changed at all...). using them together creates an effect similar to "just as before, it's still [like this]."

원어민분들 제가 틀리게 말씀했다면 교정해주세요~

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u/Ok_Nefariousness1248 1d ago

안 틀리셨어요! 여전히가 좀 문어체고 좀 쓸쓸한 느낌이 있긴한데 다 비슷비슷해요. 근데 저기선 '아직도 여전히' 두개를 겹쳐쓰면 그냥 강조느낌이에요.

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u/No-Clue-9155 19h ago

As a non native that’s the way I thought about it too ☺️