7.12. Placement of Manner Adverbs

Manner adverbs are adverbs like 잘 well; often, 많이 lots, a lot, and 자주 often which tell HOW you do something. In Korean, such adverbs like to park just in front of the verb. In cases of VERBAL NOUN + 하- , then, the adverb comes right before 하-:

  1. 수진씨는 공부를 잘 해요. [NOT 잘 공부를 해요.]
    Sujin studies well.
  2. 수진씨는 일을 많이 해요. [NOT 많이 일을 해요.]
    Sujin works a lot.

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