neomeojyeossjiman keuge an apasseoyo.

not

Breakdown of neomeojyeossjiman keuge an apasseoyo.

• ~지만: but
• 아프다: hurt
• 넘어지다: to fall

Questions & Answers about neomeojyeossjiman keuge an apasseoyo.

What does -지만 mean in 넘어졌지만?

-지만 means but, although, or even though, depending on context.

In this sentence:

• 넘어졌지만 = fell, but...
• It connects the first idea to a contrasting second idea.

So the structure is:

• 넘어졌지만 = I/they fell, but...
• 크게 안 아팠어요 = it didn’t hurt badly / I wasn’t badly hurt

A natural English translation is something like:

• I fell, but it didn’t hurt much.
• I fell, but I wasn’t badly hurt.

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How is 넘어졌지만 formed from the dictionary form?

The dictionary form is 넘어지다, which means to fall down.

Here is how it changes:

• 넘어지다 → verb stem 넘어지-
• add past tense -었-
• 넘어지었어요 contracts to 넘어졌어요
• add -지만 for but
• 넘어졌지만 = fell, but...

So:

• 넘어지다 = to fall
• 넘어졌어요 = fell
• 넘어졌지만 = fell, but

This kind of contraction is very common in Korean.

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