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Appendix 3

띄어쓰기 <SPACING BETWEEN WORDS >

1. postpositions, case markers, and some


dependent nouns
2. Helping verbs
3. Personal names
4. Sino-Korean proper nouns
5. Numbers

1. Words are written separately, spacing after each word, but


postpositions, case markers, and some dependent nouns are not
separated from the preceding words.

• 학교 학교에 학교로
• 선생님 선생님께 선생님과 같이
• 이것 이것만 이것으로
• 학생때 오늘부터 내일까지

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어/아
2. Helping verbs, such as (어 아)보다
보다,
보다 (어 어/아아)주다
주다,
주다 and
어/아
(어 아)있다
있다 are written either with or without a space.

• 읽어보다 or 읽어 보다
• 읽어주다 or 읽어 주다
• 앉아있다 or 앉아 있다

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3. Personal names in general are written closed up unless it is not
clear which is the family name and which is the given name.

• 김영식 • 남궁 현
• 한금숙 • 선우 진

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4. Sino-Korean proper nouns may be written with or without
spacing.

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• 대한 중학교 or 대한중학교 "Tae-han Middle School"
• 인공 위성
or 인공위성 "satellite," literally "man-made
• 농업 협동 satellite"
조합
or 농협협동조합 "farmers cooperative
association"
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5. Numbers are written separated by ten thousands.

• 십육만 삼천오백 163,500


• 백오십팔만 칠천구 1,587,009

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