Korean grammar · Level 4 · 4급
-(으)ㄹ 만큼
So … that, enough to
-(으)ㄹ 만큼 shows degree — how much, how far: “so full I could burst”. It is close to -(으)ㄹ 정도로 from Unit 4. Straight after a noun, 만큼 means “as … as”: 호랑이만큼 크다, “as big as a tiger”.
| When | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| degree | -(으)ㄹ 만큼 | 배가 터질 만큼 · 눈물이 날 만큼 |
| noun: as … as | N만큼 | 호랑이만큼 · 어제만큼 |
Examples
배가 터질 만큼 먹었어요.
I ate so much I could burst.
눈물이 날 만큼 감동적인 이야기였어요.
It was a story so moving it brought me to tears.
그 빗은 델라가 살 수 없을 만큼 비쌌다.
The combs were far too expensive for Della to buy.
Practise it in context · Level 4, Unit 9
Reading a story
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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