TOPIK II · LEVEL 5
-(으)ㄹ뿐더러
Adds a second fact of the same kind on top of the first one: 'not only A, but also B'.
나열·첨가Listing & addingHan: Being spacious is good and being too expensive is bad, so the clauses contrast; -(으)ㄹ뿐더러 only adds a fact in the same direction, so contrast needs -지만.
Examples
이 식당은 음식이 맛있을뿐더러 가격도 저렴해요.This restaurant's food is not only tasty but also cheap.
그 사람은 성실할뿐더러 책임감도 강해서 모두가 믿고 따라요.He is not only diligent but also very responsible, so everyone trusts and follows him.
그분은 이 분야의 전문가일뿐더러 현장 경험도 풍부하다.She is not only an expert in this field but also has a lot of hands-on experience.
어제는 비가 왔을뿐더러 바람까지 심하게 불어서 하루 종일 집에 있었어요.Yesterday it not only rained but there was also a strong wind, so I stayed home all day.
Don’t mix up
-(으)ㄹ뿐더러vs-(으)ㄹ 뿐만 아니라Same meaning, but more common in speech, can follow a noun directly and can end in a command: 학생뿐만 아니라 선생님도 오세요.-(으)ㄹ뿐더러vs-(으)ㄴ/는 데다가Also adds information, but is more conversational and stresses things piling up, often toward a result: 비가 오는 데다가 바람도 불어서 추워요.-(으)ㄹ뿐더러vs-(으)ㄹ 뿐이다Looks similar but means 'only, nothing more' and ends the sentence instead of adding a fact: 저는 제 일을 했을 뿐이에요.How to build it
V/A+(으)ㄹ뿐더러
N+일뿐더러
past: V/A+았/었을뿐더러
싸다 → 쌀뿐더러, 좋다 → 좋을뿐더러, 학생이다 → 학생일뿐더러, 오다(past) → 왔을뿐더러
- Both clauses should point in the same direction (both positive or both negative). It cannot express contrast; for that use -지만 or -(으)ㄴ/는데.
- For a past fact, mark the first clause with -았/었-: 비가 왔을뿐더러 바람도 불었다.
- It sounds somewhat formal and usually ends in a statement; with commands or suggestions it is awkward, so use -(으)ㄹ 뿐만 아니라 there. The second clause usually contains 도 or 까지.
- Spelling: -(으)ㄹ뿐더러 is one ending and is written without a space (맛있을뿐더러), unlike 맛있을 뿐만 아니라.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 이 집은 넓을뿐더러 너무 비싸요.
Right: 이 집은 넓지만 너무 비싸요.
Being spacious is good and being too expensive is bad, so the clauses contrast; -(으)ㄹ뿐더러 only adds a fact in the same direction, so contrast needs -지만.
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All TOPIK grammar- -은/는 말할 것도 없고'N goes without saying, and even M …': names the obvious case first, then adds a less expected one. Works for good and bad facts and is a little more emphatic than -은/는 물론이고.
- -(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.
- -(으)ㄹ 테면From -(으)ㄹ 터이면 'if you intend to': makes someone's intention the condition. Mostly met in the blunt set phrase -(으)ㄹ 테면 -아/어 봐(라) 'go ahead, if you dare' or the indifferent -(으)ㄹ 테면 -아/어라 'do it if you want, I don't care'; plain-style speech.
- -(으)ㄹ 길이 없다It says there is simply no way or means to do something, so it cannot be done even if you want to.