ojik juyeonman daesareul malhae.

Only the lead actor says the spoken line.

Breakdown of ojik juyeonman daesareul malhae.

• 말하다: to speak
• 주연: the lead role
• 대사: the spoken line in a play
• 오직: only; solely

Questions & Answers about ojik juyeonman daesareul malhae.

Why are both 오직 and 만 used? Don’t they both mean only?

Yes. They both add the idea of only, but they do it in different ways:

• 오직 is an adverb meaning solely / only / exclusively
• 만 is a particle attached to a noun, here 주연만 = only the lead

Using both together gives extra emphasis, something like:

• only the lead
• the lead alone
• none but the lead

So 오직 주연만 is stronger than just 주연만. In everyday speech, people often drop 오직 and simply say 주연만 대사를 말해.

What does 주연 mean exactly here?

주연 usually means the lead role or the lead actor/actress, depending on context.

So in this sentence, it could refer to:

• the person in the leading role
• the main role itself, understood as the one performing the action

In natural English, you would usually translate it as the lead or the main actor/actress.

A useful contrast:

• 주연 = lead
• 조연 = supporting role / supporting actor

Why is there no subject particle after 주연만? Shouldn’t it be something like 주연만이?