Korean grammar patterns › Level 5
-(으)ㄴ 나머지
so (much) … that (as a result of excess)
Level 5 · TOPIK II · advanced
How to use it
Clause 1 is an extreme feeling or action; clause 2 is the (usually unintended or negative) result. Mostly for past events.
Forming it
| 긴장하다 | → 긴장한 나머지 |
| 기쁘다 | → 기쁜 나머지 |
| 서두르다 | → 서두른 나머지 |
Always -(으)ㄴ (✗ 서두르는 나머지, ✗ 서두를 나머지). Clause 2 cannot be a command or suggestion.
Examples
너무 긴장한 나머지 준비한 말을 다 잊어버렸어요.
I was so nervous that I forgot everything I had prepared to say.
일에 집중한 나머지 점심 먹는 것도 잊었어요.
I was so focused on work that I even forgot to eat lunch.
Compared with similar patterns
-(으)ㄹ 정도로 just shows degree; -는 바람에 shows a sudden external cause. -(으)ㄴ 나머지 stresses that too much of something caused the result.