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Grammar Advanced TOPIK II · Level 5–6 Advanced Korean 2 · conjunctive ending

-느니만큼

-느니만큼: Inasmuch As — To That Degree, So…

Connective: inasmuch as / to the degree that… — the prior degree grounds the sequel.

Before this, make sure you know: -(으)니까 , -아요 / -어요

How to form it

When Form Example
Verb / adjective stem -느니만큼 / -(으)니만큼 바쁘느니만큼 / 중요하니만큼 / 다르느니만큼

-느니만큼 turns degree into grounds — inasmuch as / to that extent, so….

Busy to that degree → leave early. Important to that degree → be careful. The front is not a random reason; it is a scale that justifies the sequel.

Why this is hard

It neighbours spoken -니까 and extent patterns with 만큼. Learners hear every reason as -니까. Here the hinge is how much / to what degree, not only because.

Spelling variants (-느니만큼 / -(으)니만큼) also distract from the job.

What it does

바쁘느니만큼 일찍 출발해요.
중요하니만큼 다시 확인해요.
다르느니만큼 따로 설명해요.
급하니만큼 짧게 말해요.

Front = degree. Back = what that degree requires.

Forms

Stem + -느니만큼 / -(으)니만큼.

When not to use it

Do not use it for every soft spoken because — -으니까.

Do not confuse it with pure comparison as much as without the reason coat.

Do not force it into casual chat where -니까 already fits.

Neighbours — and why they differ

FormWhy it is not this slot
-으니까Broader spoken reason.
-는 만큼Extent neighbour — different packaging.
-으므로Formal reason — less ‘degree hinge’.

Ask: is the degree itself the grounds for the sequel? If yes, -느니만큼. If plain because, stay with -니까.

Do not confuse it with

-(으)니까

because (works before commands and suggestions)

-는 만큼

as much as — proportion between two things

-(으)므로

therefore — the reason of reports and formal writing

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 연결어미 (conjunctive ending) — Advanced Korean 2, Unit 2, on the theme of conjunctive ending. These come with it:

-거들랑1 if / when that is so — if the fact holds or comes true (connective) -노라면 if you keep doing… — as you go along doing that -건대 as I see / hear / think… — prefacing that what follows is from your observation -건만 and yet — the expected sequel fails to follow -기로서니 even if / no matter how — conceding the premise then rejecting the conclusion -되 but / with the caveat — granting then restricting -디1 really does… — emphasising by repeating the stem -이라야 only if it is… — specifying that noun as the required one -으련마는 would…, but — hoped result blocked because the condition is unmet -자니3 meaning to… — intention that then hits a snag -는다고1 intending to… / claiming one will… — intention as a linker -자면1 if you mean to… — taking that intention as the starting point -은들 even if it is… — conceding the point and still refusing -을망정 even if / granted — conceding one line and setting the other against it -을라치면 whenever it comes to… — taking that case as the condition

Words used above

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-느니만큼-neunimankeuminasmuch as / to that degree
만큼mankeumas much as / to the extent
정도jeongdodegree
이유iyureason
근거geungeogrounds

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. The file really matters — to that degree you want a re-check. Which line makes the importance itself the scale that grounds the sequel?

2. 바쁘다 + -느니만큼 — which form does the vowel stem take?

3. You are rushed and need a short answer — you want the urgency measured as the hinge, not a plain café 'because'. Which line fits?

Common questions

Dictionary?

Connective linking ‘to that degree / inasmuch as’ into the sequel — the extent grounds what follows.

Spelling?

You will see -느니만큼 / -(으)니만큼 depending on stem class. Classroom drills keep the chunk readable.

Register?

Careful speech and writing more than café chat.

Vs -므로?

-으므로 is formal reason. -느니만큼 highlights degree/extent as the hinge.