Category: Korean grammar dictionary

V+ 을/ㄹ 가능성이 있다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean there’s a possibility that something might happen or two facts are related(although such an...

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V+ 을/ㄹ 전망이다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to predict what’s going to be done in the future. 미세먼지 문제가 심각해지면서 공기청정기 관련 기업들이 수혜를...

V/A+ 을지언정/ㄹ지언정 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb when one assumes extreme circumstances to emphasize the content of the following clause. It is...

V+ 되 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to admit or permit the content of the preceding clause while also adding restrictive conditions. It is usually...

V/A+ 냐에 달려 있다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb to show that a certain outcome depends on the content of the preceding...

V+ 느니 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean the behavior or the situation of the following clause is better than those of the preceding...

V/A+ 을/ㄹ 따름이다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb to show that that is all and one does not consider any other possibility...

V+ 는 데 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean “a case, situation, or such an event” that certain behavior occurs. 많은 비용이 들더라도 이...

비단 N뿐만이 아니다 It is attached to a noun to mean that’s not the only one. It is used with ‘비단’ which has the meaning of only or merely to...

V/A+ 는다/ㄴ다/다 싶은데도 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb when a different behavior or feeling that doesn’t accord with the speaker’s subjective...

V+ 으면서도/면서도 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to list more than two properties that appear in one object. It’s a combination of ‘-으면서’ and ‘도’...

V+ 지 않고서는 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to emphasize that the behavior of the preceding clause is necessary to make the following clause possible....

V/A+ 을/ㄹ 거라고는 생각조차 못했다 It is attached to an action verb or a descriptive verb to emphasize that a certain fact is completely unexpected. 우리 팀이 경기에서 질 거라고는...

V/A+ 기는 해도 V/A+ 지는 않다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb when the speaker admits the contents in the preceding clause but...

N도 마찬가지이다 It’s a substitutive expression used to avoid repeating the descriptive part that came ahead. 사람은 누구나 행복하게 살 권리가 있어. 너도 마찬가지야. Everyone has a right to live...

V/A+ 는다더니/ㄴ다더니/다더니 It is attached to an action verb or a descriptive verb to talk or ask about something based on the information that the speaker has heard in the...

V+ 은/ㄴ 채 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean that certain behavior that has been done or an event that has already occurred is...

N에 불과하지만 It is attached to a noun to show that there is a possibility to be like the following clause although it is not to such a degree currently....

N으로/로 말미암아 It is attached to a noun when the negative outcome is due to a certain phenomenon or behavior of the preceding clause. 오존층 파괴로 말미암아 피부암 환자가 증가하고...