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TOPIK 3particle

뿐

ppun

N뿐이에요 · N뿐(만) 아니라 (not only N) · after verbs: -(으)ㄹ 뿐이에요

only, just, nothing but

Example

우리 반에서 안경 쓴 사람은 저뿐이에요.

I'm the only one in our class who wears glasses.

Word parts

Native word. After a noun it's a particle (저뿐); after a verb it's a bound noun written with a space (웃을 뿐이에요).

Good to know

뿐 is almost always followed by 이다 or 아니라: 저뿐이에요 'it's only me'; 한국어뿐만 아니라 영어도 'not only Korean but also English'.