-다 보면

-다 보면 means 'if you keep doing A (for a while), B will happen'.

조건·가정Conditions & what-ifs

Han: -다 보면 needs a repeated or continued action, not a single time.

Examples

매일 연습하다 보면 실력이 늘 거예요.If you keep practising every day, your skills will improve.

한국에서 살다 보면 한국어도 자연스럽게 늘어요.If you live in Korea for a while, your Korean improves naturally.

이야기하다 보면 시간 가는 줄 몰라요.Once we start talking, we lose track of time.

V+다 보면

연습하다 → 연습하다 보면, 살다 → 살다 보면

The second clause is a natural result or discovery, often with -게 되다 or -(으)ㄹ 거예요.
Past-tense experience: -다 보니(까) 'as I kept doing it, I found…'.

Wrong: ~~한 번 먹다 보면 배불러요.~~

Right: 계속 먹다 보면 배불러요.

-다 보면 needs a repeated or continued action, not a single time.

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