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Korean grammar · Level 4 · 4급

V/A-기 마련이다 (-게 마련이다)

It's bound to be so — a rule of life

Taught in Level 4, Unit 4: Judging and generalising

at Level 3 you described what a person tends to do with -(으)ㄴ/는 편이다. Now you want the stronger claim: 'this is simply how things go, for everyone'. That is the voice of advice, proverbs and essays.

Example

  • 사람은 나이가 들면 기억력이 나빠지기 마련이에요.

    As people get older, their memory is bound to get worse.

The full explanation is in the unit · part of the Level 4 Pass, opening soon · Level 4, Unit 4

Judging and generalising

The rule with a table, Sori’s tips, practice that checks itself, a review room and a one-page cheat sheet.

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