때문에
Romanisation: ttaemune
due to
Example sentence
비 때문에 경기가 취소됐어요.
Bi ttaemune gyeonggiga chwisodwaesseoyo.
The game was canceled due to rain.
What 때문에 means
때문에 (ttaemune) is a Korean word meaning “due to”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 2
-았어요/었어요
-asseoyo/eosseoyo
completed-action particle (past tense ending)
으로
euro
toward
에서부터
eseobuteo
away from (distance)
벌써
beolsseo
already
고 있다
go itda
in the middle of (doing)
제일
jeil
the most
그래서
geuraeseo
so; therefore
하지 마세요
haji maseyo
don't
게
ge
(degree particle)
매
mae
every
에게
ege
passive marker (by)
꼭
kkok
must; without fail