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The More, Although -(으)ㄹ수록

The more you use a language, the more familiar it becomes. A report about that change may also need to contrast two trends. -(으)ㄹ수록 links related changes; -(으)나 sets one fact against another in a written voice.

One Change Goes With Another

Use -ㄹ수록 after a vowel or ㄹ and -을수록 after another consonant: 갈수록, 알수록, 읽을수록. The second clause changes in relation to the first. You can reinforce it with -(으)면: 읽으면 읽을수록.

hangugeoneun sseulsurok iksukhaejyeoyo.

The more you use Korean, the more familiar it becomes.

i chaegeun ilgeumyeon ilgeulsurok jaemiisseoyo.

This book gets more interesting the more I read it.

A Contrast in Written Language

Use -나 after a vowel and -으나 after most consonants: 크나, 작으나. A ㄹ stem drops ㄹ before ㄴ: 살다 → 사나. Nouns take -(이)나. This connector often does the work of -지만 in reports or formal writing.

ollain sueobeun pyeollihana jikjeop daehwahal gihoega jeogeoyo.

Online classes are convenient, but there are fewer opportunities to talk in person.

yeoreo beon sidohaesseuna seonggonghaji mothaesseoyo.

I tried several times but did not succeed.

Hint · 힌트

The connector -(으)나 gives a contrast, as in 편리하나, “although convenient.” Noun + (이)나 can also list alternatives, while quantity + (이)나 can emphasise a large amount. The form’s job depends on what it attaches to and the sentence around it.

Vocabulary

Korean	English
익숙해지다 iksukhaejida	to become familiar
편리하다 pyeollihada	to be convenient
기회 gihoe	opportunity
적다 jeokda	to be few
시도하다 sidohada	to attempt
성공하다 seonggonghada	to succeed
늘어나다 neureonada	to increase
줄어들다 jureodeulda	to decrease
증가하다 jeunggahada	to increase
감소하다 gamsohada	to decrease
변화하다 byeonhwahada	to change
달라지다 dallajida	to become different
점점 jeomjeom	gradually
급격히 geupgyeokhi	rapidly
꾸준히 kkujunhi	steadily
인구 ingu	population
현금 hyeongeum	cash
결제하다 gyeoljehada	to pay
추세 chuse	trend
비율 biyul	proportion

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