TOPIK II · LEVEL 5
-(으)ㄴ/는 나머지
-(으)ㄴ 나머지 means that a feeling or action went too far, and this led to a usually unwanted or unexpected result.
이유·원인Reason & causeHan: With verbs, 나머지 normally follows the past form -(으)ㄴ, because the excessive state came first and then caused the result; -는 나머지 sounds unnatural here.
Examples
일에 너무 집중한 나머지 점심 먹는 것도 잊어버렸어요.I was so focused on work that I even forgot to have lunch.
합격 소식이 너무 기쁜 나머지 눈물이 났어요.I was so happy about the news that I had passed that I burst into tears.
너무 서두른 나머지 지갑을 집에 두고 나왔어요.I was in such a hurry that I left my wallet at home.
너무 긴장한 나머지 면접에서 준비한 말을 하나도 못 했어요.I was so nervous that I couldn't say anything I had prepared at the interview.
Don’t mix up
-(으)ㄴ/는 나머지vs-는 바람에-는 바람에 marks a sudden, often external cause with no idea of excess; 나머지 needs an excessive feeling or action: 버스가 갑자기 고장 나는 바람에 늦었어요.-(으)ㄴ/는 나머지vs-(으)ㄴ 탓에-(으)ㄴ 탓에 simply blames a cause for a bad result, without any sense of excess: 비가 온 탓에 경기가 취소됐어요.
-(으)ㄴ/는 나머지vs-다 못해-다 못해 says a state went so far that it turned into a stronger state, not a separate event: 배가 고프다 못해 아팠어요.How to build it
V+(으)ㄴ 나머지
A+(으)ㄴ 나머지
긴장하다 → 긴장한 나머지, 기쁘다 → 기쁜 나머지
- With verbs it usually takes the past form -(으)ㄴ (긴장한 나머지, 서두른 나머지); -는 나머지 is rare and often sounds unnatural. Adjectives take -(으)ㄴ (기쁜 나머지).
- The first part should express an excessive degree, so it is usually used with 너무, 지나치게 and with a person's feelings or efforts, not with neutral events like weather.
- The second part describes a result that has already happened, often with 그만 or -고 말았다; it cannot end with a command, suggestion or future plan.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 너무 긴장하는 나머지 실수를 했어요.
Right: 너무 긴장한 나머지 실수를 했어요.
With verbs, 나머지 normally follows the past form -(으)ㄴ, because the excessive state came first and then caused the result; -는 나머지 sounds unnatural here.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(느)ㄴ다기에Shows that something you heard from someone else is the reason for what you then did: "since they said ~, I ~".
- -는 통에-는 통에 blames a noisy, hectic or chaotic situation for causing a bad result.
- -길래Gives what the speaker saw or noticed as the trigger for an action they then took: 'since / when I saw that …, I …'. The conversational form of -기에; in questions it asks what is so special that something happens (뭐길래, 얼마나 …길래).
- -(이)란N(이)란 picks out a concept that you are about to define or explain the essence of: "N is (by its nature)…", "what we call N is…".
- -(으)ㄹ 게 뻔하다Use -(으)ㄹ 게 뻔하다 when the situation makes it plain to you that something, usually something bad, will happen or has happened.
- -(으)ㄴ 끝에Shows that a result was finally reached after a long or difficult process of doing something.
- -(으)ㄹ 망정-(으)ㄹ망정 means 'even if I have to accept this bad situation, I still won't give up something more important,' or 'although X is true, Y still holds.'
- -(으)ㄹ 즈음-(으)ㄹ 즈음 means "around the time when something happens": it marks an approximate time, not an exact moment.
- -(으)ㄹ 테다Declares the speaker's firm will or determination: 'I will … (no matter what)'. In a question to the listener it asks about their intention, often bluntly. Plain style: -(으)ㄹ 테야 in speech, -(으)ㄹ 테다 in self-talk and narration.