📝 Grammar B1

-지만

-jiman

But / although

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What it means

-지만 is a connective ending meaning but or although. Attached directly to a verb/adjective stem to connect two contrasting ideas within one sentence.

References Naver Korean Dictionary ↗ 국립국어원 표준국어대사전 ↗
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실제 silje reality / actual / real 한라산 Hallasan Hallasan — Korea's highest mountain (Jeju) 그거 말고 geugeo malgo Not that / Other than that / Instead of that
← -아서/어서 가슴 →

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