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LEVEL 3 LESSON 1 Welcome to Level 3 and congratulations on making it through to the 3rd level in the TalkToMeInKorean curriculum! In Level 3, we will be building upon what we’ve already introduced through Level 1 and Level 2, as well as reviewing some grammar points that we already covered in the previous levels.
Today, in this lesson, we are looking at a word that is very commonly used in everyday Korean not only for its original meaning, but for its more colloquial meaning as well.
Basic meaning - 너무 [neo-mu] = too (much), excessively The basic meaning of 너무 [neo-mu] is “too much” or “excessively.”
For example: 너무 커요. [neo-mu keo-yo] = It’s too big.
너무 비싸요. [neo-mu bi-ssa-yo] = It’s too expensive.
너무 빨라요. [neo-mu ppal-la-yo] = It’s too fast.
Colloquial usage - 너무 = very, quite (sometimes also used in short as 넘, only in spoken language)
Although the basic meaning of the word 너무 is “too much” or “excessively,” in colloquial Ko-
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