마는/만
mane/man
Grammar · 1 sense
Contrasting
Examples
얼마 되겠느냐마는 보태어 쓰도록 해라.
It probably isn't much, but please use it to supplement your needs.
너도 가지마는 그다지 재미는 없을 것이다.
You can go too, but it probably won't be much fun.
영화를 보고는 싶지마는 시간이 안 난다.
I’d like to see a movie, but I don’t have the time.
When you'd hear it
This ending is mainly literary or formal, appearing in writing, speeches, and deliberately old-fashioned or rhetorical dialogue. In everyday conversation, -지만 is much more common.
What learners get wrong
Here, 만 is a shortened contrasting ending, not the particle 만 meaning “only.” Unlike ordinary conversational -지만, -마는/-만 can sound formal, literary, or old-fashioned.
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