Korean Grammar Point
~๋งŒํผ [mankeum] (As much as, as many as)

Indicates an equivalent degree or amount, meaning 'as much as' or 'to the extent that.'

Formation

Noun/Verb/Adjective + ๋งŒํผ

Examples

๊ทธ๋Š” ์ž์‹ ์˜ ์‹ค๋ ฅ๋งŒํผ ๋ณด์ˆ˜๋ฅผ ๋ฐ›๊ณ  ์‹ถ์–ดํ•ด์š”.

Geuneun jasin-ui sill-yeok mankeum bosureul batgo sip-eohaeyo.

He wants to be paid as much as his skill level merits.

๋‹น์‹ ์ด ๋…ธ๋ ฅํ•œ ๋งŒํผ ๊ฒฐ๊ณผ๊ฐ€ ๋”ฐ๋ผ์˜ฌ ๊ฑฐ์˜ˆ์š”.

Dangsini noryeokhan mankeum gyeolgwa-ga ttaraol geoyeyo.

You will get results in proportion to how much effort you put in.

๊ทธ๋…€๋Š” ๋‚จ๋“ค๋งŒํผ ๋…ธ๋ž˜๋ฅผ ์ž˜ ๋ถ€๋ฅผ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์–ด์š”.

Geunyeoneun namdeul mankeum noraereul jal bureul su isseoyo.

She can sing as well as anyone else.

์ด ์Œ์‹์€ ๋ณด์ด๋Š” ๋งŒํผ ๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”.

I eumsikeun boineun mankeum masisseoyo.

This food is as tasty as it looks.

Long Explanation

'~๋งŒํผ [mankeum]' is used to denote an equivalent degree, quantity, or extent, similar to English โ€˜as much asโ€™ or โ€˜as many as.โ€™ It can attach to nouns, verbs, or adjectives, indicating the extent or degree matches the specified reference.

Detailed Grammar Notes

Processing keyword: ~๋งŒํผ [mankeum] (As much as, as many as)

Korean Grammar Point: ~๋งŒํผ [mankeum] (As much as, as many as)


1. Introduction

The grammar point ~๋งŒํผ [mankeum] is a versatile particle in Korean used to compare quantities, qualities, or degrees. It translates to "as much as" or "as many as" in English and helps express comparisons between two entities or actions.


2. Core Grammar Explanation

Meaning

  • ~๋งŒํผ is used to indicate that the degree or extent of one thing is the same as another.
  • It can be attached to nouns, verbs, and adjectives to make comparisons.

Structure

1. Noun + ๋งŒํผ

  • [Noun1]๋งŒํผ [Noun2]์ด๋‹ค
    "It is [Noun2] as much as [Noun1]."

2. Verb/Adjective + -(์œผ)ใ„น ๋งŒํผ

  • Verb/Adjectiveใ„น ๋งŒํผ
    "To the extent that [Verb/Adjective]."

Formation Diagram

For Nouns

[Noun] + ๋งŒํผ

For Verbs/Adjectives

[Verb stem/Adjective stem] + -(์œผ)ใ„น ๋งŒํผ
  • If the stem ends with a consonant:
    -์„ ๋งŒํผ
  • If the stem ends with a vowel:
    -ใ„น ๋งŒํผ

Examples of Formation

  • ํ•™์ƒ๋งŒํผ
    "As much as a student."
  • ๋จน์„ ๋งŒํผ
    "As much as one eats."

3. Comparative Analysis

๋งŒํผ vs. ~์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ/๊ฐ™์ด

  • ์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ/๊ฐ™์ด both mean "like" or "as" but are used to express similarity rather than equality in degree or quantity.
  • ~๋งŒํผ emphasizes equality in quantity, degree, or extent. Example:
  • ๊ทธ๋…€๋Š” ์ฒœ์‚ฌ์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ ์ฐฉํ•ด์š”.
    "She is kind like an angel."
  • ๊ทธ๋…€๋Š” ์ฒœ์‚ฌ๋งŒํผ ์ฐฉํ•ด์š”.
    "She is as kind as an angel." In the first sentence, she's being compared to an angel in kindness (similarity). In the second, her kindness is equal to that of an angel (equality in degree).

4. Examples in Context

Formal Context

  1. ํ•™์ƒ๋“ค์ด ์˜ˆ์ƒํ•œ ๋งŒํผ ์‹œํ—˜์ด ์–ด๋ ต์ง€ ์•Š์•˜์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.
    The exam was not as difficult as the students expected.
  2. ๊ทธ ํ”„๋กœ์ ํŠธ๋Š” ์šฐ๋ฆฌ๊ฐ€ ๋…ธ๋ ฅํ•œ ๋งŒํผ ์„ฑ๊ณตํ–ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.
    The project succeeded as much as we put in effort.

Informal Context

  1. ๋„ค๊ฐ€ ๋จน์€ ๋งŒํผ ๋‚˜๋„ ๋จน์—ˆ์–ด.
    I ate as much as you did.
  2. ๊ทธ ์˜ํ™”๋Š” ์‚ฌ๋žŒ๋“ค์ด ๋งํ•œ ๋งŒํผ ์žฌ๋ฏธ์žˆ์ง„ ์•Š์•˜์–ด.
    The movie wasn't as interesting as people said.

Spoken Language

  1. ํ•„์š”ํ•œ ๋งŒํผ๋งŒ ๊ฐ€์ ธ๊ฐ€์„ธ์š”.
    Just take as much as you need.
  2. ๋„ˆ๋งŒํผ ๋…ธ๋ž˜ ์ž˜ํ•˜๋Š” ์‚ฌ๋žŒ ๋ชป ๋ดค์–ด.
    I haven't seen anyone who sings as well as you.

Written Language

  1. ๊ทธ๋Š” ๊ธฐ๋Œ€ํ–ˆ๋˜ ๋งŒํผ์˜ ์„ฑ๊ณผ๋ฅผ ์–ป์ง€ ๋ชปํ–ˆ๋‹ค.
    He didn't achieve as much as he expected.
  2. ์‹œ๊ฐ„์ด ํ๋ฅธ ๋งŒํผ ๊ทธ๋…€์˜ ์ƒ์ฒ˜๋„ ์•„๋ฌผ์—ˆ๋‹ค.
    As much as time has passed, her wounds have healed.

5. Cultural Notes

Cultural Relevance

  • In Korean culture, modesty is valued. Using ~๋งŒํผ allows speakers to make comparisons without appearing boastful.
  • Politeness levels can be adjusted by using formal or informal speech, but the use of ~๋งŒํผ remains the same.

Idiomatic Expressions

  1. ๋ˆˆ๋งŒํผ ์ž…๋„ ํฌ๋‹ค
    Literal: Eyes are as big as the mouth.
    Meaning: Someone talks as much as they observe.
  2. ํ•˜๋Š˜๋งŒํผ ๋•…๋งŒํผ ์‚ฌ๋ž‘ํ•ด
    I love you as much as the sky and the earth.
    (An expression to convey immense love.)

6. Common Mistakes and Tips

Error Analysis

  1. Incorrect Attachment
    • Wrong: ํ•™์ƒํ•œํ…Œ ๋งŒํผ ๊ณต๋ถ€ํ–ˆ์–ด์š”.
    • Correct: ํ•™์ƒ๋งŒํผ ๊ณต๋ถ€ํ–ˆ์–ด์š”.
      "I studied as much as a student."
  2. Mixing with ์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ/๊ฐ™์ด
    • Wrong: ๊ทธ๋Š” ๋‚˜์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ ๋งŒํผ ๋นจ๋ฆฌ ๋‹ฌ๋ฆฐ๋‹ค.
    • Correct: ๊ทธ๋Š” ๋‚˜๋งŒํผ ๋นจ๋ฆฌ ๋‹ฌ๋ฆฐ๋‹ค.
      "He runs as fast as I do."

Learning Strategies

  • Mnemonic Device: Think of ๋งŒํผ as "matching measurement" โ€” matching the "amount" or "degree" of something.
  • Practice: Create sentences comparing familiar things in your life to reinforce how to use ~๋งŒํผ correctly.

7. Summary and Review

Key Takeaways

  • ~๋งŒํผ is used to express equality in quantity, degree, or extent.
  • Attach ~๋งŒํผ directly to nouns, and use -(์œผ)ใ„น ๋งŒํผ after verb/adjective stems.
  • It differs from ์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ/๊ฐ™์ด by emphasizing equal degree rather than similarity.

Quick Recap Quiz

  1. How do you attach ~๋งŒํผ to a verb stem ending with a vowel? Answer: Add -ใ„น ๋งŒํผ to the verb stem.
  2. Translate to Korean: "I have as many books as you." Answer: ๋‚˜๋Š” ๋„ˆ๋งŒํผ ์ฑ…์ด ๋งŽ์•„.
  3. What is the difference between ~๋งŒํผ and ~์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ? Answer: ~๋งŒํผ indicates equality in degree or quantity ("as much as"), while ~์ฒ˜๋Ÿผ indicates similarity ("like" or "as").

Practice creating your own sentences using ~๋งŒํผ to solidify your understanding!


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