Example Sentences
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맨날 카페만 가면 지겹지 않아?1
Aren’t you tired of always going to cafes? -
처음에는 너무 넓어서 두려웠고, 계속 달리기만 했어.2
At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, and I kept running and running. -
잃어버린 것만 소중하게 남아3
Only what’s lost remains precious -
앨리스: “—어디든 가기만 하면 돼요,” 앨리스가 덧붙였다.4
Alice: “—so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added. -
우리 둘만의 비밀처럼5
Like a secret just between the two of us -
지수: 그치, 그 두 사람 다 상처가 많았는데, 그냥 옆에 있어 주는 것만으로도 힘이 되는 게 보여서 좋았어.6
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.
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내가 하나 먹으면, 너도 하나만 먹는 거야.7
If I eat one, you also eat one. -
모두가 자신만의 빛을 찾아가8
Everyone’s searching for their own light -
모두가 자기만의 지옥 품었어9
Everyone carried their own hell. -
밥 먹으러 와서 떡볶이만 먹을 거야?10
You came out to eat, and you’re only going to have tteokbokki?- 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
- 만 is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘just’.
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“방향만 바꾸면 돼,” 고양이가 말했고, 쥐를 잡아먹었다.2
“You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. -
체셔 고양이: “오, 넌 분명히 갈 곳이 있을 거야,” 고양이가 말했다, “오래 걷기만 하면 돼.”4
Cheshire Cat: “Oh, you’re sure to find a place,’ said the cat, ‘as long as you walk long enough.” -
조금만 더 내게 다가와 봐5
Come a little closer to me -
서준: 불고기만 먹으면 좀 느끼할 것 같아.10
Seojun: I think eating only bulgogi might be a bit too greasy. -
나만 바라보고 싶은 너의 미소5
Your smile, which I want to keep to myself -
천천히, 부드럽게, 우리만의 리듬5
Slowly, softly, in a rhythm all our own -
우리만의 이야기로5
As our own story
Footnotes
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Sentence from A Fun Weekend Ahead. ↩
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Sentence from A Little Fable Story. ↩ ↩2
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Sentence from A New Beginning. ↩
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Sentence from Alice And The Cheshire Cat Story. ↩ ↩2
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Sentence from Exploring K Drama Favorites. ↩
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Sentence from Lazaro And The Blind Man. ↩
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Sentence from Like A Paper Boat Song. ↩
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Sentence from The Red Ribbon. ↩
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Sentence from What Is On The Menu Tonight. ↩ ↩2