TOPIK II · LEVEL 6
-(으)니만큼
-(으)니만큼 presents a fact as a solid reason, so that what follows is the natural or proper thing to do or expect: 'since it is so, it is only right that…'.
이유·원인Reason & causeHan: Learners mix it with -는 만큼 and insert 는; -(으)니만큼 attaches straight to the stem, so the adjective 중요하다 becomes 중요하니만큼.
Examples
처음 맡은 일이니만큼 서두르지 말고 차근차근 해 봅시다.Since this is the first task we've taken on, let's not rush and do it step by step.
많은 분들이 기대하고 있으니만큼 실수 없이 준비해야 합니다.Since so many people are looking forward to it, we must prepare without any mistakes.
그분은 이 분야의 전문가이니만큼 의견을 들어 볼 필요가 있습니다.Since he is an expert in this field, we should hear his opinion.
오랜만에 모이는 자리이니만큼 다들 늦지 말고 오세요.Since it's our first get-together in a long time, please everyone come on time.
Don’t mix up
-(으)니만큼vs-(으)ㄴ/는 만큼Same 'reason' meaning, but it needs an adnominal ending and can also mean 'to the degree that'; -(으)니만큼 only means reason: 노력한 만큼 결과가 나온다 (degree) vs 노력했으니만큼 좋은 결과가 나올 것이다 (reason).-(으)니만큼vs-(으)니까-(으)니까 is a neutral, everyday reason; -(으)니만큼 is formal and stresses that the reason fully justifies the conclusion: 비가 오니까 우산 가져가 vs 중요한 행사이니만큼 정장을 입어 주시기 바랍니다.How to build it
V/A+(으)니만큼 (past: V/A + 았/었으니만큼)
N+(이)니만큼
중요하다 → 중요하니만큼, 받다 → 받았으니만큼, 전문가 → 전문가이니만큼
- The following clause must be a logical, fitting consequence of the reason (a duty, suggestion, judgment or expectation); it is not used for surprising or contrary results.
- It attaches directly to the stem with no adnominal ending: 중요하니만큼, not 중요한니만큼 or 중요하는니만큼.
- It sounds formal and is mostly found in writing, speeches and announcements; in casual talk -(으)니까 is usually more natural.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 이번 회의는 중요하는니만큼 미리 준비해야 합니다.
Right: 이번 회의는 중요하니만큼 미리 준비해야 합니다.
Learners mix it with -는 만큼 and insert 는; -(으)니만큼 attaches straight to the stem, so the adjective 중요하다 becomes 중요하니만큼.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)매-(으)매 is a bookish, literary way to say 'because' or 'as', linking a cause to its natural result in formal writing.
- -(으)ㄴ/는 터라-(으)ㄴ/는 터라 presents an already existing situation as the background reason for what follows, mostly in formal or written Korean.
- -(으)ㄴ/는 관계로-(으)ㄴ/는 관계로 gives an objective circumstance as the reason for something in a formal, official tone, like English “due to the fact that…”.
- -(으)ㄴ/는 까닭에-(으)ㄴ/는 까닭에 is a formal, written way to say "for the reason that ~": it presents the first clause as the cause of the second.
- -(으)ㄴ즉A formal, bookish ending: after a verb it means 'having done or checked X, I found that Y'; after a noun it means 'as for (the content of) N'.
- -거들랑/걸랑(요) (종결)Sentence-final colloquial variant of -거든(요): gives a reason or background the listener may not know: '…, you see'. Casual; sounds folksy or regional, and some speakers use -걸랑(요) playfully.
- -(으)나 -(으)나Two paired or opposite verbs/adjectives, each with -(으)나, mean 'whichever of these is the case, the following stays the same', which often amounts to 'regardless' or 'all the time'.
- -(으)락 -(으)락Joins two opposite actions or states to show that they keep switching back and forth.
- -(으)랴 -(으)랴Lists two (or more) tasks a person is juggling at the same time to stress that they are extremely busy or worn out.