Let’s learn about "-아도/-어도 suffix"

1. 아도/-어도 : a verb suffix means "but or yet"; 

This acknowledges the fact but has nothing to do with the following statement

2. 예문(example statements)

1) 눈이 와도 쌓이지는 않는다 : It doesn't pile up even when it snows

* 눈 : (1) snow (2) eyes

* -이 : a suffix makes 눈 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a consonant

* 오다 : come

* 와도 : 오다 + -아도(but; yet)

* 쌓이다 : pile up

* 쌓이지는 : 쌓이다 + -지(connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance) + -는(a suffix emphasizes 쌓이다”)

* 않다 : not do

* 않는다 : present tense of 않다

2) 키는 작아도 힘은 세다 : He's short, but he's strong

* 키 : height of a body

* -는 : a suffix makes 키 subjective after a word ends a vowel

* 작은 : short

* 작다 : a verb form of 작은

*’작게 : an adverb form of 작은

* 작아도 : 작다 + -아도(but; yet)

* 힘 : power

* -은 : a suffix makes 힘 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 센 : strong

* 세다 : a verb form of 센

* 세게 : an adverb form of 센