How to say "also" in Korean?

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The Korean grammar particle -도 means “also” or “too” and it can be attached to nouns, pronouns, or other grammar particles. It is used to express that something is true for more than one person or thing.

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우리가 오늘도 라면을 먹습니다.

Korean

우리

오늘

라면

먹다

English

we

today

ramen, noodles

to eat

We eat ramen today too.

우리 오늘 라면습니다.

월요일에도 눈이 옵니다.

Korean

월요일

오다

English

Monday

snow; eye(s)

to come

It is snowing on Monday as well.

월요일++ 오+ㅂ니다.

집에서 도서관까지 십 분이 걸립니다. 학교까지도 십 분이 걸립니다.

Korean

도서관

걸리다

학교

English

home

library

ten

minutes

to take time

school

It takes 10 minutes to get from my house to the library. It also takes 10 minutes to get to school.

에서 도서관까지 십 분 걸리+ㅂ니다. 학교+까지+ 십 분 걸리+ㅂ니다.

When -도 is attached to a subject (-이/-가) or an object (-을/-를), these particles (-이/-가, -을/-를) disappear.

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제가 한국어를 배웁니다. 제 친구도 한국어를 배웁니다.

(not 친구가도)

Korean

제가

한국어

배우다

친구

English

I

Korean language

to learn

friend

I learn Korean. My friend also learns Korean.

제가 한국어 배우+ㅂ니다. 제 친구 한국어 배우+ㅂ니다.

제가 한국어를 배웁니다. 중국어도 배웁니다.

(not 중국어를도)

Korean

중국어

English

Chinese language

I learn Korean. I also learn Chinese.

제가 한국어 배우+ㅂ니다. 중국어 배우+ㅂ니다.

저도 집에 갑니다.

(not 제가도)

Korean

가다

English

I

home

to go

I also go home.

가+ㅂ니다.

Quick reference (click to open)

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).