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[Ed Provencher]

I understand that 있자나 is used in the same way as 잠시만요 when you want to get someone's attention. You can even make it more formal by saying 있자나요. But I don't understand what it means when 있자나 comes at the end of a sentence. Can anyone explain?

[bobbyhanlon]

are you confusing it with '있찮아'? that would mean 'it really is!'
as far as i know, person a could say '비빔밥 맛없어' and person b could disagree, saying '맛있찮아!'
if i misunderstood you, please disregard!

[mrgiles]

i think this is right, but cd be mistaken.

among friends, u can say "이잖아" when u're trying to bring something to their attention - kinda like saying "it's like this, right?" the u can put 잖아 at the end of a sentence to indicate that what u're saying is obvious, like
"왜 우산을 가지고 왔어? (why've u got an umbrella?)
비가 오고 있잖아! (it's raining. duh.)"

[Underwaterbob]

있자나 is kind of like saying "I have something to say" where 잠시만 is more like "wait a second"... Basically, sort of, maybe...

Sorry it's early morning. My brain isn't working particularly well.

[Ed Provencher]

[Underwaterbob]

[mrgiles]

yeah...depending on what verb you're using - if u're using 있다, it would be 있었잖아
"책은 거기서 있었잖아" would thus be rendered something like "the book was there, u dope," or "the book was there of course"

"얘기 했잖아" would mean "(don't u remember) i told u" something like that.