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지만 Marking Parts Contrasting Contrast 저는 한국어를 배웠지만

Front 저는 한국어를 배웠지만 잘 못 해요
Back I learned Korean, but I'm not very good at it
Notes -지만 is the most universal can common contrastive connective that corresponds to 'but' in English. -지만 conveys the meaning of strong opposition between the two sentence parts it connects. These parts describe contrasting or contradictory situations.

-지만 attaches to adjective, verb stems, or to the copula. The principle can be used preceded by the past -았/었- and by the future -겠- tense markers.

The contrast marker function of -지만 has three distinct applications:
marking contrast between two clauses with different subjects;
marking the less significant contrasting part;
marking a starting phrase in polite expressions.

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