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~어야 – only if

~어야만 – only if one.., the only option is for one to..

밖에 – nothing but, apart from

밖 – outside
밖에 – outside/other than something + negative verb conjugation = only + verb

noun + 밖에 + negative conjunction

콜라 마시다 – to drink cola
콜라 밖에 안 마시다 – to only drink cola (don’t drink anything but cola)

돈이 있다 – to have money
돈이 없다 – to not have money
돈 밖에 없다 – to have nothing but money

한국인 친구가 한 명 밖에 없어요 – I only have one Korean friend
한국인 친구는 한 명 밖에 없어요 – as for korean friends, I only have one
한국어 조금 밖에 못 해요 – I can only speak a little bit of Korean (I can’t speak apart from a little bit of korea)
이것 밖에 없어요? – is this it? You have nothing but this?
우리 고양이는 참치 밖에 안 먹어요 – our cat eats nothing but tuna
왜 공부 밖에 안 해요? – why do you do nothing but study?

N. ~밖에 모르다
V. ~ㄴ/은/는 것밖에 모르다

know, care about, be interested in nothing outside of.

수진이는 책밖에 몰라요 = Soojin cares only about books.
저 아이는 공부하는 것밖에 몰라 = She cares only about studying.
우리 고양이는 먹는 것밖에 몰라 = Our cat is interested only in food.

(noun) ~만 – only, just

add it too a noun, a pronoun or the noun form of a verb

이것만 – Only this
이것만 살 거예요 – I will only buy this.
저만 들었어요 – Only I heard
아침에는 커피만 마셔요 – I only drink coffee in the morning. (only coffee)
아침에만 커피는 마셔요 – I only dink coffee in the morning. (only in the morning)

공부만 하다 – to only study

(noun form of word 기) ~만 하다

듣다 = to listen
듣기만 하다 = to only listen
듣기만 했어요 = I only listened (I didn’t talk)

보다 = to look
보기 = looking
보기만 하다 = to just look
보기만 할 거예요 = I will only look (and not touch)

맨주만 주문했어요 = I only ordered beer.
너만 사랭해 = I only love you.
뫠 이것만 샀어요? = why did you only buy this?
영화는 집에서만 봐요 = I watch movies only at home. happens at

~고만 있다 – only doing

지나가는 소리를 듣고만 있었다 – I was just listening to the passing sounds