-아/어 두다
a/eo duda
Done, and left where it lies: -아/어 두다
The picture Doing something and leaving it right there, untouched, until it is needed. -아/어 두다 does it and leaves it sitting there; -아/어 버리다 polishes it off and leaves nothing.
Where the picture shows up in -아/어 두다
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done in advance
식당은 미리 예약해 뒀어요.
sik-dang-eun mi-ri ye-ya-kae dwo-sseo-yo
I already booked the restaurant.
The restaurant's name written into that square of the calendar, sitting there waiting
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left in that state
창문 좀 열어 둘까요?
chang-mun jom yeo-reo dul-kka-yo
Should I leave the window open?
Opening the window a hand's width, then letting go of the handle and walking out
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written down and kept
주소는 제가 적어 둘게요.
ju-so-neun je-ga jeo-geo dul-ge-yo
I'll write the address down for later.
Writing the number in a notebook, closing it, and sliding it into your bag
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piled up and kept aside
비상금을 조금 모아 뒀어요.
bi-sang-geu-meul jo-geum mo-a dwo-sseo-yo
I've put a little emergency money aside.
Bills collecting slowly in an envelope at the back of a drawer, nobody taking any out
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놓다, the same picture
남은 반찬은 냉장고에 넣어 놓으세요.
na-meun ban-cha-neun naeng-jang-go-e neo-eo no-eu-se-yo
Put the leftovers in the fridge and leave them there.
Lidding the side-dish box, pushing it onto a fridge shelf, and closing the door
두다 leans toward keeping it for a long while, 놓다 toward just getting it done. They are nearly interchangeable.
All of it in one picture
-아/어 두다 is doing something and leaving it set down, untouched. The restaurant's name in the calendar square is booking in advance; letting go of the window handle is leaving it that way. The closed notebook in your bag is writing it down for later; bills gathering in the envelope is money put aside; the box pushed onto the fridge shelf is 넣어 놓다. So -아/어 두다 does not finish today — it parks something where later can come and find it.