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마다: Repetition Particle
2024-12-09
2025-09-12
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Example Sentences#

  1. “세상이 날마다 더 좁아지고 있어.1
    “The world is getting narrower every day.

    • means ‘day’.
    • -마다 is a particle that indicates repetition or inclusion of every instance without exception, often translated as ‘every’.
  2. 내일마다 새 시작이야2
    Every tomorrow is a new beginning

    • 내일 means ‘tomorrow’.
    • -마다 is a particle that indicates repetition or inclusion of every instance without exception, often translated as ‘every’.
  3. 한 걸음 걸어갈 때마다 새로워3
    Every step forward feels new

    • means ‘time’ or ‘occasion’.
    • The expression -ㄹ 때 is commonly used to indicate the duration, period, or occasion of a certain situation.
    • -마다 is a particle that indicates repetition or inclusion of every instance without exception, often translated as ‘every’.
  4. 하지만, 변할 때마다 그의 삶에서 시간이 줄어든다는 조건이 있었습니다.4
    However, the condition was that each transformation would shorten his life.

    • means ‘time’ or ‘occasion’.
    • The expression -ㄹ 때 is commonly used to indicate the duration, period, or occasion of a certain situation.
    • -마다 is a particle that indicates repetition or inclusion of every instance without exception, often translated as ‘every’.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from A Little Fable Story.

  2. Sentence from A New Beginning.

  3. Sentence from Like A Paper Boat Song.

  4. Sentence from The Stonecutter Journey Story.

마다: Repetition Particle
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/마다-repetition-particle/
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Korean Story Lab
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2024-12-09
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