chijeureul manhi neoheossdeoni beoteo masi jal an neukkyeojyeosseo.

subject particle

Breakdown of chijeureul manhi neoheossdeoni beoteo masi jal an neukkyeojyeosseo.

• ~를: object particle
• 안: not
• 많이: a lot

Questions & Answers about chijeureul manhi neoheossdeoni beoteo masi jal an neukkyeojyeosseo.

Why is there no word for I in this sentence?

Korean often leaves out the subject when it is obvious from context.

In 치즈를 많이 넣었더니, the speaker is understood to be the person who added the cheese, so English would naturally supply I even though Korean does not say it explicitly.

This is very normal in Korean:

• 치즈를 많이 넣었어 = I added a lot of cheese
• literally, though, it just says added a lot of cheese

What exactly does -었더니 mean here?

-었더니 often means something like:

• after I did X, I found that Y happened
• I did X, and as a result Y happened
• when I did X, it turned out that Y

So 치즈를 많이 넣었더니 버터 맛이 잘 안 느껴졌어 has the sense of:

• the speaker added a lot of cheese,
• and then noticed the result that the butter flavor did not come through well.

Compared with a plain because, -었더니 often sounds a little more like the speaker is looking back on what happened and reporting the outcome they experienced.

What does 많이 modify in this sentence?

많이 modifies 넣었더니.

So it means:

• I added a lot of cheese

It does not mean the speaker tasted a lot or that the butter flavor was strongly felt. It specifically describes the amount of cheese that was added.

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