(이)야말로

Meaning

1. 1

   A postpositional particle used to emphatically state something.

   강조하여 확인하는 뜻을 나타내는 조사.

Example sentences

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• 독서야말로 배움의 통로지.

  Reading is truly the gateway to learning.

• 자네야말로 우리 회사의 기둥일세.

  You, more than anyone, are the pillar of our company.

• 너야말로 그렇게 행동하면 안 돼.

  You're the one who shouldn't act like that.

• 지수야말로 두말할 필요 없는 천사지.

  Jisu is truly an angel, no need to say more.

• 김 선생님은 학문적 업적도 뛰어나시지만 강의도 정말 잘하셔.

  Professor Kim has outstanding academic achievements, and he lectures really well too.

  김 선생님의 강의야말로 이 시대의 명강의이지.

  Professor Kim's lectures are truly the great lectures of our time.

• 국민이야말로 나라의 근본이거늘.

  It is the people who are the foundation of the nation.