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"My friend and I walk" should also be accepted as it's technically correct, although less common of a frase
Is this 와 the same meaning as "and"? So is it like "I and a friend walk", or does adding this 와 to a noun just mean "I do this verb with the noun"?
It usually means "with" but relative to people, so you couldn't say I cut it with a knife (that's 나는 그것을 칼로 자른다). Think of it as being linked to 함께 or 같이 so you know it's more like "with/together."
To make the difference in your example clear, you could replace "with" with "using". "I cut it using a knife" makes sense and means the same thing, but "I walk using a friend" is completely different.
So 진용은 친구와 걸어요 is "JinYong walks with a friend" and 친구와 진용은 걸어요 is "A friend and JinYong walk"? Am I right to say the order determines if this is interpreted as "and" or "with"?
