(이)나
(i)na
Close your eyes and grab one: (이)나
The picture Several things laid out, and a hand that grabs one without deciding which — whatever it lands on. 와/과 brings both along together; (이)나 picks up just one of them, whichever.
Where the picture shows up in (이)나
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either one, whichever
커피나 차 드릴까요?
keo-pi-na cha deu-ril-kka-yo
Would you like coffee or tea?
Standing with a coffee pot in one hand and a teapot in the other, ready to pour whichever.
Use 이나 after a final consonant, 나 after a vowel: 밥이나, 커피나.
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a suggestion tossed out lightly
주말에 영화나 볼까요?
ju-ma-re yeong-hwa-na bol-kka-yo
Shall we catch a movie or something this weekend?
Slumped on the sofa, flicking a finger at a movie poster.
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grabbed it and it turned out huge
세 시간이나 기다렸어요.
se si-ga-ni-na gi-da-ryeo-sseo-yo
I waited three whole hours.
Measuring the wait with your hands and finding it runs not a hand's width but an arm's length.
After a quantity it adds the feel of 'that much'. For 'only that little', 밖에 does the job.
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name any number
몇 개나 필요하세요?
myeot gae-na pi-ryo-ha-se-yo
How many do you need?
Holding out an open palm, fingers counting up, inviting any number at all.
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any hand will do, so everyone
누구나 할 수 있어요.
nu-gu-na hal su i-sseo-yo
Anyone can do it.
Pulling any hand at random out of a line of people, and that person doing the job just fine.
All of it in one picture
One hand on the coffee pot and one on the teapot, ready to pour whichever; a finger flicked lazily at a movie poster. The wait measures out an arm's length instead of a hand's width, the open palm invites any number, and any hand pulled from the line does the job. Every one of them is the hand that grabs without choosing. Grab something light and it reads 'whatever'; grab something that turns out big and it reads 'a whole three hours'; and if any hand will do, it ends up meaning everyone.