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When to use "너무". "정말", "

edaxian
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When to use "너무". "정말", "

Postby edaxian » April 20th, 2009 3:28 am

안녕하세요! 저는 이다 입니다! 저는 중국사람이에요. 반가워요! 난 당신에게 많이 질문이있어요.

All right, back to English! : )

I've been exposed to many of synonyms for expressing something is of great extent, amount or degree. My personal favorites are "너무" and "정말".

May you give me examples of when to use 너무, 아주, 정말 그리고 많이?

Off topic questions: (I might as ask them all together.)
(1) What is the difference between "때문에" and "이니까"?
(2) What is the difference between "하고" "그리고" and "와", the connecting words?

Thank you in advance! 고맙습니다!

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Postby cheri » April 29th, 2009 9:42 pm

I still get confused. Here's what someone explained to me...

정말은 긍정문, 너무는 부정문에 쓰입니다. 하지만 한국인들도 많이 틀리는 표현이에요^^;

...but I think it just comes w/practice...
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Re: When to use "너무". "정말", &quo

Postby hyunwoo » April 30th, 2009 7:24 am

edaxian wrote:(1) What is the difference between "때문에" and "이니까"?


-기 때문에 and -니까 are almost the same, but -니까 has more nuance that the consequence or the following action is very... 'predictable' 'natural' or 'expected' :) But in most cases, they are interchangeable, basically.

edaxian wrote:(2) What is the difference between "하고" "그리고" and "와", the connecting words?


하고, 그리고, 와 and 랑 are interchangeable as well, but in spoken Korean the most commonly used one is -랑 :)

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