많다
manta
to be many, much
Part of speech · descriptive verb (adjective)
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
많
ㅁminitial+ㅏamedial+ㄶnfinal
다
ㄷdinitial+ㅏamedial
Examples
- 사람이 많아요.There are many people.
- 할 일이 너무 많아요.I have too much to do.
Collocations
사람이 많다일이 많다돈이 많다
Mnemonic
manta "to be many/much" has the stem manh- with a silent final -h, so it sounds like man-ta. Its opposite is jeokda "to be few". The thing that is plentiful takes the subject marker -i / -ga.
Quick check
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