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TOPIK 3adverb

마치

machi

마치 ~ 같다 / 마치 ~처럼 / 마치 -(으)ㄴ 것처럼

as if, as though, just like

Example

그 아이는 마치 어른처럼 말해요.

That child talks just like an adult.

Word parts

Not related to 마치다 'to finish'; it's a separate word.

Good to know

마치 almost always teams up with 처럼, 같다, or 듯이 later in the sentence.