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TOPIK 1particle

도

do

same after consonant or vowel: 저도, 책도 · replaces 은/는, 이/가, 을/를

also, too; even

Example

저도 커피를 좋아해요.

I like coffee too.

Word parts

저도요! = Me too!

Good to know

도 replaces subject/object particles: say 저도, not 저는도. But it follows 에/에서: 학교에도.

TOPIK 2counter

도

do

Sino number + 도: 삼십 도, 영하 오 도

degree (of temperature or angle)

Example

오늘 서울 기온은 삼십 도까지 올라가요.

Today the temperature in Seoul will go up to 30 degrees.

Word parts

도 degree

Korea uses Celsius: 30도 is hot, and 0도 is freezing.

Good to know

Read it with Sino-Korean numbers: 이십 도 for 20 degrees, never with native numbers.