TOPIK II · LEVEL 3
-에다가
-에다가 marks the place where something is put or added ('onto / into'), or something added on top ('in addition to').
조사ParticlesHan: 에다가 is for putting or adding something somewhere, not for going to a place.
Examples
이 종이에다가 주소를 써 주세요.Please write your address on this paper.
열쇠를 어디에다가 뒀어요?Where did you put the key?
커피에다가 설탕을 넣었어요.I put sugar into the coffee.
Don’t mix up
-에다가vs-에에 alone also works (책상에 놓다); 에다가 makes the place/target more explicit and is very common in speech.How to build it
N+에다가 (short: 에다)
책상 → 책상에다가, 커피 → 커피에다가 우유를
- Goes with verbs of putting or writing: 놓다, 넣다, 쓰다, 두다.
- In speech it is often shortened to 에다.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 학교에다가 가요.
Right: 학교에 가요.
에다가 is for putting or adding something somewhere, not for going to a place.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(이)야-(이)야 emphasizes a topic as obvious or as the only one meant: 'as for N, of course …'.
- -(이)라도N(이)라도 means "at least N": you settle for something that is not ideal but is better than nothing.
- -뿐Attached to a noun, it means 'only N, nothing but N', usually as N뿐이다 'it is only N' or N뿐만 아니라 'not only N'. More emphatic than 만.
- -요 (높임 조사)A particle added to a word, phrase or connective ending to make a short or unfinished utterance polite (해요-style): 저요, 커피요, 왜요?, 그래서요.
- -보고Colloquial particle marking the person a remark, request or label is aimed at: 'to (someone)', with verbs of saying. Often carries a note of complaint or surprise.
- N대로The particle 대로 on a noun means 'according to N, just as N says' (약속대로, 계획대로), 'as one likes' in 마음대로, and, in N은 N대로, 'each on its own, separately'.
- -(으)ㅁ-(으)ㅁ turns a verb or adjective into a noun; it is used in notes, notices, memos and written records.
- -(으)며-(으)며 is a formal, written 'and' (listing) or 'while' (two actions at once).
- -(으)ㄹ 겸-(으)ㄹ 겸 gives one of two or more purposes for a single action: 'partly to …, and also to …'.