부사 Adverbs and adverbials

부사 Adverbs

The adverbs' function is to modify verbs and adjectives of the sentence. Korean has various types of adverbs such as sentential adverbs (modifies a whole sentence), conjunctional adverbs (connects two different sentences), and componential adverbs (modifies verbs or adjective). Componential adverbs contain three types of adverbs, which are manner adverbs, time adverbs, and degree adverbs. If there is more than one componential adverb exists in a sentence, then you must follow the sequence (time→ degree→ manner).

Conjunctional adverbs		Sentential adverbs
그렇지만	but	어쨌든; 하여튼	anyway
그러나	but; nevertheless	아마	perhaps
그래서	so	꼭; 반드시	certainly
하지만	however	설령	even if
또	also	가령	if/suppose
또는	or	만약; 만일	if
또한	moreover	설마	surely (not)
그러니까	so
그런데	by the way
그리고	and
그러므로	therefore
혹은	or
따라서	accordingly
더욱이	moreover
더구나	besides

Componential adverbs
Manner adverbs		Degree adverbs		Time adverbs
가장	most	주로	mainly	가끔	sometimes
가까이	nearly	아주	very	늘	always
멀리	far	조금	a little	보통	usually
함께	together	너무	too much	항상	at all times
열심히	diligently	참	really	갑자기	suddenly
천천히	slowly			아직	still/yet
매우	very			이미	already
제일	the first			이따	later
아주	very (much)			내일	tomorrow
너무	too much			어제	yesterday
잘	well/often			오늘	present/today
많이	much			모래	the day after tomorrow
빨리	fast/early			드디어	finally
				일찍	early
				방금	right now
				지금	now
				밤낮	night and day
				당분간	for a while
				요즈음	recently
				언제나	all the time
				막	right at the moment
				먼저	ahead
				마침내	at last

Examples)

1. 학교가 아주 멀리 있어요. 그래서 버스를 타고 다녀요.
The school is very far. So I take a bus to school.
아주 is a degree adverb, 멀리 is a componential adverb (it modifies the adjective), and 그래서 is a conjunctional adverb (it connects two sentences).

2. 만일(만약) 버스가 안 온다면, 집에 걸어서 갈 것이에요.
If the bus doesn't come, I'll walk home.
만일, and 만약 are a sentential adverb. (it modifies the whole sentence)

3. 마이크는 어제 아주 빨리 일어났어요.
Mike woke up very early yesterday.
This sentence contains more than one componential adverb, so you must follow the order that we explained earlier. 어제 is time adverb, 아주 is degree adverb, and 빨리 is manner adverb.

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부사 Adverbs and adverbials

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