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밖에: Limiting Particle Used with Negative Verbs (Except/Other Than)
2025-05-31
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Example Sentences#

  1. 앞으로 나아갈 수밖에 없었어1
    I had no choice but to keep moving forward.
    • is a bound noun that can mean ‘way’, ‘means’, ‘possibility’, or ‘ability’.
    • 밖에 is a particle formed from (outside) and (location particle), literally meaning ‘outside of’, and is used with negative verbs to express ‘except’ or ‘other than’.

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밖에: Limiting Particle Used with Negative Verbs (Except/Other Than)
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/밖에-limiting-particle-used-with-negative-verbs-except-other-than/
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Korean Story Lab
Published at
2025-05-31