How to use Korean Grammar N + 만

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The Korean grammar pattern -만 means "only". It can be attached directly to nouns, pronouns and even prepositions.

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저는 월요일에만 이렇게 바빠요.

Korean

월요일

이렇다

바쁘다

English

I

Monday

such

busy

I am only this busy on Mondays.

월요일+ 이렇다+ 바쁘+아요.

차만 마실 게요.

Korean

마시다

English

tea

to drink

I will have only tea.

마시+ㄹ 게요.

저는 형은 없고 여동생만 있어요.

Korean

없다

여동생

있다

English

I

older brother (for males)

not to have

younger sister

to have

I don't have an elder brother. I have only a younger sister.

여동생어요.

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 ).