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말해보게

go ahead and tell me, try telling me

→ 말해보다
말해 Connective ending + 보 seem, appear + 게 First-person intention or promise
verb · informal Rare #23,541
go ahead and tell me, try telling me An old-fashioned, authoritative way to tell someone to speak.
KO: 무슨 일이 있었는지 말해보게.
EN: Go ahead and tell me what happened.
Conjugation of 말해보다
Imperative
말해봐말해봐요말해보세요말해보게

자, 말해보게 그 사람이 원하는 게 뭐 였지?

Now, tell me, what did that person want?

— 순응자 (1971)

말해보게

Go ahead and say it.

— 레베카 (1940)

솔직히 말해보게, 존 무슨 일 있는 건가?

Be honest with me, John. Is something going on?

— 맨 프럼 어스 (2007)