V+ 으면서도/면서도

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우빈 씨, 침대 같은 가구는 어떻게 버려야 해요?
Woo Bin, how should I throw away the furniture like a bed?
대형 폐기물은 구청이나 행정복지센터에서 스티커를 구입해서 붙인 후에 지정된 장소에 버리세요. 홈페이지에 신청하면 업체에서 수거해 가기도 해요.
Large-size waste should be thrown out in a designated place after you paste the sticker you bought at the district office or the administrative welfare center. Sometimes an enterprise collect picks them up if you sign up for it on their website.
그렇군요. 근데 동네에서 그냥 버려진 가구들을 많이 봤어요.
I see, but I've seen a lot of furniture in my neighborhood just thrown out.
스티커를 붙여야 하는 걸 알면서도 수수료가 아까워서 몰래 버리는 사람들이 가끔 있어요.
Even though they know they have to paste the sticker, sometimes people throw them away in secret because they don't want to pay the commission.
수수료가 그렇게 비싼가요?
Is the fee that expensive?
싼 건 천 원부터 비싼 건 2,3만 원 정도예요. 물건이 크고 무거울수록 비싸요.
The cheap ones range from one thousand to two to thirty thousand won. The bigger and the heavier it is, the more expensive it is.

V+ 으면서도/면서도
It is attached to the stem of an action verb when an unexpected situation, which cannot be deduced from the behavior of the antecedent clause, happens in the following clause while the behavior in the antecedent clause is still ongoing.

두 사람은 서로 사랑하면서도 결국 헤어지고 말았다.
The two broke up in the end although they love each other.

스티브 씨는 한국에 살면서도 한국에 대해 거의 아는 것이 없어요.
Steve knows very little about Korea although he lives in Korea.

제 친구는 한국말을 잘하면서도 일부러 못하는 척해요.
My friend pretends to be bad at Korean on purpose even if he is good at it.

Related words
가구 furniture
폐기물 waste
지정 designation
업체 enterprise
수거 pickup
몰래 in secrete

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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