Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 5 - Intermediate Korean #2 (Lessons 121 to 150) ᚛ Lesson 150 - The more… the more… in Korean [-(으)ㄹ수록]

The more… the more… in Korean [-(으)ㄹ수록]

In this course: ㄹ수록 / 을수록

Dependence and influence

In Korean, there is a way to express that the more an action happens, the more another action happens as well. This allows us to indicate that the two actions are correlated and that the first one influences the second. For this, the following structure is used:
[Action 1: … Modifier -(으)ㄹ]수록 [Action 2]

The modifier -(으)ㄹ was seen in the lesson on the future tense in Korean.

한국어를 배울수록 문장을 쉽게 만들 수 있어요.
→ The more I learn Korean, the more easily I can make sentences.

생각할수록 기분 나빠.
→ The more I think about it, the worse I feel.

스트레스가 쌓일수록 달콤한 음식이 먹고 싶어.
→ The more stress builds up, the more I want to eat sweet food.

운동할수록 건강하게 살 수 있어요.
→ The more you exercise, the healthier you can live.

Emphasizing the influence

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