Example Sentences#

1. 추운 겨울밤, 며칠 동안 아무것도 먹지 못한 호랑이는 배가 몹시 고팠습니다.¹
   On a cold winter night, the tiger, having gone several days without eating anything, was extremely hungry.
   • 아무 means ‘any’ and refers to an unspecified person or thing.
   • 것 is a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, and together 아무것 means ‘anything’.
   • 도 is a particle meaning ‘even’, used here to emphasize the negation, conveying ‘not even one’ or ‘none at all’.
   • 아무것도 is a negative polarity item that must be used with a negative verb, together meaning ‘nothing at all’.