Korean word

매

Pronunciation

Romanizationmae

Meaning

  • determinerevery

Example

매일 아침에 커피를 마셔요.mae il a chi me keo pi reul ma syeo yo

I drink coffee every morning.

Illustration for 매 (every)

More examples

매주 일요일에는 가족을 만나요.mae ju i ryo i re neun ka jo geul man na yo

I meet my family every Sunday.

Core concept

A repeated schedule marks each matching time unit as one part of a regular series.

Common phrases

  • 매일mae il

    every day

  • 매주mae ju

    every week

  • 매번mae beon

    every time

Similar words

각kak: Treats each person or thing in a group separately.
모든modeun: Includes all the people or things within a given group.

Definition in Korean

명사에 붙어 '모든 ~마다'를 표시하는 접두적 관형사로, 주로 시간·횟수 관련 명사와 결합하여 규칙적 반복을 나타낸다myeong sa e pu teo mo deun ~ ma da reul pyo si ha neun cheop ttu jeok kwan hyeong sa ro chu ro si gan hoet ssu kwal lyeon myeong sa wa kyeol ha pa yeo kyu chik jjeok pan bo geul na ta naen da

Word origin

The word comes from Sino-Korean usage based on an old Chinese character for each, and it retains that sense in a bound form for regular intervals.

Usage tips

  • English places every before a noun, but Korean attaches this form to the time word, so keeping the pair together in writing helps prevent spacing errors.

Other meanings

  • hawknoun

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