Example Sentences#

1. 지수: 그치, 그 두 사람 다 상처가 많았는데, 그냥 옆에 있어 주는 것만으로도 힘이 되는 게 보여서 좋았어.¹
   Jisoo: Right, both of those people had many wounds, but it was good to see that just being by their side was enough to give them strength.
   • 것 is a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, often used with modifiers to nominalize the preceding clause or phrase.
   • 만 is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘just’.
   • 으로 is an instrumental particle meaning ‘with’ or ‘by’.
   • 도 is a particle meaning ‘even’ or ‘also’.
   • -는 것만으로도 indicates that simply doing the action in the preceding clause alone is enough to produce the result mentioned in the following clause.