아무 N도 Deny nouns in front of '도'. '안', '못', or '없다' comes after it

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무슨 일 있어요? 기분이 나쁜 것 같아요.

What happened? You look like you're in a bad mood.

어떤 차가 제 차를 긁고 도망갔어요.

Somebody's car scratched my car and ran away.

새 차인데 속상하겠네요.

You must be upset since your car is a brand new one.

네, 그래서 어제 하루 종일 아무 일도 못 했어요.

Yes. So I couldn't do anything all day yesterday.

블랙박스는 확인해 봤어요?

Did you check your black box?

네, 그런데 블랙박스에 그 차 번호가 안 찍혔어요.

Yes, but the plate number of the car was not captured in the black box.

아무 N도

It is used to deny nouns in front of '도'. '안', '못', or '없다' comes after it. When it is a person, use '아무도'. '이/가' and '을/를' can be used without '도' but '도' should be added after other suffixes. (e.g. 저는 아무에게도 비밀을 말하지 않았어요. (I didn't tell anyone the secret.))

어제 제 동생은 배가 아파서 아무 음식도 못 먹었어요.

My younger sibling couldn't eat any food yesterday because he/she had a stomachache.

저는 피곤해서 아무 데도 못 가겠어요.

I can't go anywhere because I am tired.

그 친구에게서 아무 연락도 없었어요.

I haven't received any messages from that friend of mine.

Related words

무슨 what

긁다 to scratch

도망가다 to run away

속상하다 to be upset

종일 all-day

블랙박스 a black box

번호 a number

찍히다 to be captured, to be recorded

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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