To start this lesson off, let’s take a look some sentences:<\/p>\n
(1) \uc220\uc744 \ub9c8\uc168\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. (\uc220<\/strong> = alcohol. \uc744<\/strong> = object marking particle. \ub9c8\uc168\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \ub9c8\uc2dc\ub2e4<\/strong> = to drink)<\/p>\n (2) \uc220\ub9cc \ub9c8\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. (\uc220<\/strong> = alcohol. \ub9cc<\/strong> = only. \ub9c8\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = drank)<\/p>\n The first sentence can be interpreted as, “[I] drank alcohol” while the second sentence can be interpreted as, “[I] only drank alcohol”. The particle that provides the meaning “only” is \ub9cc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Let’s look at another example:<\/p>\n (1) \ud559\uc0dd\ub4e4\uc774 \uacf5\ubd80\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (\ud559\uc0dd<\/strong> = student. \ub4e4<\/strong> = plural marker. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marker. \uacf5\ubd80\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \uacf5\ubd80\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> = to study)<\/p>\n (2) \ud575\uc0dd\ub4e4\ub9cc \uacf5\ubd80\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (\ud575\uc0dd<\/strong> = student. \ub4e4<\/strong> = plural marker. \ub9cc<\/strong> = only. \uacf5\ubd80\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = studied)<\/p>\n The first sentence means, “The students studied” while the second sentence means, “Only the students studied”. In this set, the subject of the sentence, (the students) have the \ub9cc<\/strong> particle attached, but in the previous sentence the object of the sentence, (the alcohol) has the \ub9cc<\/strong> attached. From this, you can conclude that the attachment of \ub9cc<\/strong> is very flexible.<\/p>\n Now let’s look at slightly different but related construction:<\/p>\n (1) \uc5b4\uc81c\ub294 \uc6b4\ub3d9\ub9cc \ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (\uc5b4\uc81c<\/strong> = yesterday. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \uc6b4\ub3d9<\/strong> = exercise\/work out. \ub9cc<\/strong> = only. \ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> = to do)<\/p>\n (2) \uc5b4\uc81c\ub294 \uc6b4\ub3d9\ud558\uae30\ub9cc \ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (\uc5b4\uc81c<\/strong> = yesterday. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \uc6b4\ub3d9\ud558\uae30\ub9cc \ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = nothing but exercise)<\/p>\n The first sentence would mean something like “Yesterday, I only worked out” while the second sentence would mean something like, “I did nothing but work out”. The second sentence has the ending ~\uae30\ub9cc \ud588\ub2e4<\/strong> which gives off a more extreme meaning than the first sentence. Also to form the \uae30\ub9cc \ud588\ub2e4<\/strong> ending, drop the \ub2e4<\/strong> of the infinitive of the verb and add it to \uae30\ub9cc \ud588\ub2e4<\/strong>. So If you want to say, “I did nothing but play” it would be \ub180\uae30\ub9cc \ud588\ub2e4<\/strong>. The \ub2e4<\/strong> of \ub180\ub2e4<\/strong> was dropped and added to \uae30\ub9cc \ud588\ub2e4<\/strong>, and that’s all there is to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To start this lesson off, let’s take a look some sentences: (1) \uc220\uc744 \ub9c8\uc168\uc5b4\uc694. (\uc220 = alcohol. \uc744 = object marking particle. \ub9c8\uc168\uc5b4\uc694 = past tense of \ub9c8\uc2dc\ub2e4 = to drink) (2) \uc220\ub9cc \ub9c8\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694. (\uc220 = alcohol. \ub9cc = only. \ub9c8\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694 = drank) The first sentence can be interpreted as, “[I] drank alcohol” while the…<\/p>\n