-지만

Meaning

1. 1

   A connective ending used to recognize the truth of the preceding statement and add facts that are the opposite of it or different.

   앞에 오는 말을 인정하면서 그와 반대되거나 다른 사실을 덧붙일 때 쓰는 연결 어미.

Example sentences

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• 승규는 머리는 좋지만 다소 산만하다.

  Seunggyu is smart but somewhat scatterbrained.

• 내가 나이는 들었지만 아직 마음만은 젊다.

  I may have grown old, but at heart I'm still young.

• 남편의 선물은 작은 성의였지만 충분히 감동적이었다.

  My husband's gift was a small token, but it was moving enough.

• 지수 정말 예쁘지?

  Jisu is really pretty, isn't she?

  걔는 얼굴은 예쁘지만 성격이 좀 별로인 것 같아.

  She has a pretty face, but her personality doesn't seem so great.