-(으)므로
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Grammar · 1 sense
Because, since
Examples
이 프로젝트는 중요하므로 모두가 참여해야 합니다.
Since this project is important, everyone must participate.
시간이 부족하므로 회의를 빨리 시작하겠습니다.
Since time is limited, we will start the meeting promptly.
회의 시간이 정해졌으므로 모두 제시간에 도착해야 합니다.
Because the meeting time is set, everyone must arrive on time.
When you'd hear it
This is formal and especially common in written notices, reports, instructions, and official statements. It also appears in highly formal speech, but sounds stiff in casual conversation with friends.
What learners get wrong
Learners often use it as freely as -아서/어서, but -(으)므로 is markedly formal. Use -아서/어서 in ordinary conversation and reserve -(으)므로 for formal contexts.
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