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많다

manta

to be many, much

Part of speech · descriptive verb (adjective)

Pattern visualization

Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
minitial+amedial+nfinal
dinitial+amedial

Examples

  1. 사람이 많아요.
    There are many people.
  2. 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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