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-(으)ㄹ 뿐/뿐이다: Expression of Exclusivity (Only/Just)
2025-02-26
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Example Sentences#

  1. 결국 남는 건 후회뿐이야1
    Only regret remains in the end
    • 후회 means ‘regret’.
    • is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘nothing but’.
    • 이다 is the copula ‘to be’, and 이야 is its casual conjugated form used in informal speech.
    • -뿐이다 is a grammatical structure used to indicate that something is the only possibility or option, often translated as ‘it is only’ or ‘it is nothing but’.

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-(으)ㄹ 뿐/뿐이다: Expression of Exclusivity (Only/Just)
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2025-02-26