TOPIK I · LEVEL 2
아무 N도/(이)나
아무 N도 + negative = 'no N at all'; 아무 N(이)나 = 'any N (it doesn't matter which)'.
조사ParticlesHan: 아무것도 requires a negative verb.
Examples
주말에 아무 데도 안 갔어요.I didn't go anywhere at the weekend.
교실에 아무도 없어요.There's nobody in the classroom.
배고파서 아무거나 먹고 싶어요.I'm hungry, I'd eat anything.
Don’t mix up
아무 N도/(이)나vs-도On its own 도 means 'also'; after 아무 N with a negative it means 'not even one': 아무것도 안 먹었어요.How to build it
아무+N+도 (+ negative)
아무+N+(이)나
아무 데도 안 가요, 아무 거나 괜찮아요
- 아무도 / 아무것도 are fixed: 아무도 없어요 'no one is here', 아무것도 몰라요 'I know nothing'.
- 아무 N도 always needs a negative verb; 아무 N(이)나 takes a positive one.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 아무것도 있어요.
Right: 아무것도 없어요.
아무것도 requires a negative verb.
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All TOPIK grammar- -께-께 is the honorific form of 에게/한테: 'to' a person you respect.
- -씩-씩 after an amount means 'each' or 'at a time': the same amount for every person or every unit.
- -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.