Korean Q&A - Difference between 하면 (if) and 한다면 (if)

Both 하면 and 한다면 are often translated as “if (you) do (something)” but what is the difference? Why is it that you get to see 한다면 in more poetic contexts? Find out why and how to use -(ㄴ/는)다면 in today’s video lesson with Hyunwoo.
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I literally can’t unsee that “to do” as “todo”,the word ‘all’ in Spanish

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I always thought of the difference as "if" and "if + should". 한국으로 가면 - if/when I go to korea 한국으로 간다면 ㅡ if I should go to korea. I think my way of differentiating them are correct but I really enjoyed the deeper and full explanation so it was very interesting to me anyway.

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한국으로 간다면 - If I were to go to Korea.

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So -(ㄴ/는)다면 and -(ㄴ/는)다고 하면 poses a hypothetical situation while -(으)면 poses an expected event?

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yes, it's like (in English) the difference between- "if we hang out tomorrow" or "if, by any chance, we could hang out tomorrow"

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It was recommended to me right after I finished watching Korean Unnie's "I WISH to..." video. I was actually thinking about how can I differentiate between her lesson and the "if" because I'm familiar with both structures but never really studied them in detail.

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Thank you so much for your explanation. So I've learned: -하면 (if) -한다면 (if ever)

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