들
deul
Grammar · 1 sense
Plural marker
Examples
옆방 애들이랑 싸웠어?
Did you fight with the kids next door?
과일들도 예쁘게 깎아서 접시에 담아요.
I cut the fruits beautifully and put them on a plate.
미나의 친한 친구들을 집으로 초대했어요.
We invited Mina's close friends to our house.
When you'd hear it
들 is common in both conversation and writing, especially after people or animal nouns such as 애들 and 친구들. It is optional when plurality is already clear from context or a number, so it appears less consistently than English plural endings.
What learners get wrong
English speakers often add 들 to every plural noun, but Korean frequently leaves it off when the context already shows that there is more than one. 들 can also attach to pronouns and other nouns, while 둘 means “two” and is not a plural suffix.
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