따름

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄯᆞᄅᆞᆷ (Yale: stolom).

Equivalent to 따르- (ttareu-, “to follow”) +‎ -ㅁ (-m, nominalisation suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ttareum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ttaleum
McCune–Reischauer?ttarŭm
Yale Romanization?ttalum

Noun

따름 • (ttareum)

  1. (dependent noun, in the form “—ㄹ 따름이다”) only, just
    나는 그녀를 만났을 따름이다.
    naneun geunyeoreul mannasseul ttareumida.
    I just saw her.
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