-어도Korean connective · TOPIK 3

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A connective ending used when assuming or recognizing the truth of the preceding statement, although it is not related to or does not influence the following statement.

형태Forms

-어도-아도-여도-라도이라도

Which one you use is decided by what comes in front of it — see the usage rule under each meaning below.

A connective ending used when assuming or recognizing the truth of the preceding statement, although it is not related to or does not influence the following statement.

앞에 오는 말을 가정하거나 인정하지만 뒤에 오는 말에는 관계가 없거나 영향을 끼치지 않음을 나타내는 연결 어미.

쓰임Usage

Attaches after the copula 이다 or verbs and adjectives whose final vowel is not ㅏ or ㅗ.

‘이다’, 끝음절의 모음이 ‘ㅏ, ㅗ’가 아닌 동사와 형용사 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

예문Examples

민준이는 술을 많이 마셔도 잘 취하지 않는다.

Minjun doesn't get drunk easily even if he drinks a lot.

좋은 책은 여러 번 읽어도 항상 새로운 감동을 준다.

A good book always gives you new emotions no matter how many times you read it.

유민이는 임신 중이라 먹어도 먹어도 배가 고팠다.

Yumin was pregnant, so no matter how much she ate, she was still hungry.

대화In conversation

네 펜을 잠깐 써도 될까?

Can I use your pen for a second?

응. 여기 있어.

Sure, here you go.

관련 문법Related grammar

Other connectives you will meet alongside this one.

-거든 -geodeun 거들랑 A connective ending used to convey the meaning, "if something is true or turns out to be true." TOPIK 3 -느라고 -neurago -느라 A connective ending used when the action of the preceding statement is the purpose or cause of the following statement. TOPIK 3 -는다거나 -neundageona -ㄴ다거나 · -다거나 · -라거나 An expression used to explain something by listing some behaviors as examples. TOPIK 3 -는다고 -neundago -다고 · -라고 · -으라고 A connective ending used when implying the purpose or intention of a certain action, or the reason or cause of a certain situation. TOPIK 3 -다가 -daga -다 · 다가도 A connective ending used when an action or state, etc., is stopped and changed to another action or state. TOPIK 3 -도록 -dorok A connective ending used when the preceding statement is the purpose, result, method, amount, etc., of something mentioned in the following statement. TOPIK 3

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

What does -어도 mean in Korean?

-어도 is a connective introduced at 3급 (TOPIK 3). A connective ending used when assuming or recognizing the truth of the preceding statement, although it is not related to or does not influence the following statement.

When do you use -어도?

Attaches after the copula 이다 or verbs and adjectives whose final vowel is not ㅏ or ㅗ. The other shape is -아도, -여도, -라도, 이라도 — same point, different environment.

What is the difference between -어도 and -아도?

None in meaning — they are two shapes of the same connective, and which one appears is decided by the sound in front of it, not by what you want to say.

What TOPIK level is -어도?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate. It is one of 67 grammar points at that level.

Definition, usage note, examples and dialogue from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.