TOPIK I · LEVEL 2
-씩
-씩 after an amount means 'each' or 'at a time': the same amount for every person or every unit.
조사ParticlesHan: 씩 goes after the amount (한 권), not after the person.
Examples
이 약은 하루에 세 번씩 드세요.Take this medicine three times a day.
저는 매일 단어를 열 개씩 외워요.I memorize ten words every day.
사과를 한 사람에 두 개씩 주세요.Please give two apples to each person.
Don’t mix up
-씩vs-마다마다 means 'every' (each time/each item); 씩 means 'that amount each': 사람마다 두 개 vs 두 개씩.How to build it
Number+Counter+씩
두 개 → 두 개씩, 하루에 한 번 → 하루에 한 번씩
- It attaches to a quantity (with a counter), not to a bare noun.
- Common with frequency: 일주일에 두 번씩 'twice a week'.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 학생씩 책을 받았어요.
Right: 학생들이 책을 한 권씩 받았어요.
씩 goes after the amount (한 권), not after the person.
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All TOPIK grammar- -께-께 is the honorific form of 에게/한테: 'to' a person you respect.
- -쯤-쯤 after a time, amount or place means 'about / around'.
- -께서-께서 is the honorific subject particle: it replaces 이/가 when the subject is someone you respect.
- -마다Attached to a noun, 마다 means "every" or "each": the same thing happens with every one of those times, people, or places.
- -밖에-밖에 means 'only / nothing but' and is always followed by a negative verb.
- -보다보다 attaches to the thing you measure against, like English "than": X is more (or less) than the noun with 보다.
- -처럼/같이Attached to a noun, 처럼/같이 mean 'like N': something looks, acts or is done the same way as N.
- -에게로Marks a person or animal as the direction or destination of a movement: 'toward, to (someone)'. Mostly written or narrative; in speech 한테로.
- -에게서/한테서-에게서/한테서 marks the person something comes from: 'from (someone)'.