마이
mai
🇰🇷 Korean slang from Busan
What does “마이” mean?
a lot
Example
“마이 무라, 더 있다.”
mai mura, deo itda.
Eat lots, there's more.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
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The textbook way to say it: 많이
Heard in a conversation
Fish market with grandma
Jun 아직예, 할매. 억수로 배고파예.
Not yet, grandma. I'm super hungry.
Halmae 그라모 퍼뜩 온나. 고등어 마이 샀다.
Then come quick. I bought lots of mackerel.
Jun 와 이리 마이 샀어예? 천지삐까리네!
Why did you buy so much? That's tons!
📦 How other countries say “a lot”
- 🇰🇷 많이Seoul
More from Busan
- 할매grandma
- 머하노what are you doing?; what's up?
- 와why?
- 억수로really, super
- 단디carefully, properly
- 뭐라카노what are you on about?
- 가가가is it that kid?
- 고마just (stop it); enough already
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