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When I have a sentence where I want to list many objects using and/or, like
I have an apple, an orange, a pear, a watermelon, and a papaya.
should the (ㄱ)와 or (이)나 be used after each object, or should there only be one attached to the second-to-last object, before the last one (like English does)?
(이)나 is pretty much the equivalent of 'or' (although, it's a more restrictive 'or' since 아니면 covers the part that (이)나 can't). However, in a list that doesn't outline options or selections to choose from, you don't use (이)나.
As for your example, we can do both:
