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πŸ‘©‍🏫 Usage of ‘의’ λ³Έλ¬Έ

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πŸ‘©‍🏫 Usage of ‘의’

teacher.abby 2020. 7. 2. 03:00

• '의' is a particle that makes the foreword act as an adnominal phrase.
πŸ‘„ When it uses as a particle, most of the time it pronunced ‘에[e]’, without an accent.

• The meanings of '의' are below.

🌳 Mostly as same as 'of'.
πŸ‘‰ Map of soul = 영혼의 지도,

🌳 is as same as ''s', to form possesive.
πŸ‘‰ Jane's ring = 제인의 λ°˜μ§€

🌳 indicates the proceeding word is a metaphor for the latter word.
πŸ‘‰ Margaret Thatcher, the Iron lady. = 철의 여인 λ§ˆκ°€λ › λŒ€μ²˜

🌳 indicates the proceeding word meterial of the latter word.
πŸ‘‰ pure gold jewerly = 순금의 보석

🌳 indicates that something belongs or related to someone. as same as my/his/hers/ours/theirs.
in this usage, 'λ‚΄', 'λ„€' can be used insted of 'λ‚˜μ˜', 'λ„ˆμ˜'
πŸ‘‰ my hat = λ‚˜μ˜(λ‚΄) λͺ¨μž, her book = κ·Έλ…€μ˜ μ±…

🌳 indicates the proceeding word is a target of course or goal or something for the latter word.
πŸ‘‰ triumpeal path = 승리의 κΈΈ

🌳 indicates where an object occurs or is located. If you omit it when writing, that is also natural.
πŸ‘‰ summer sea = 여름(의) λ°”λ‹€

Hope this makes you clear.