Korean Grammar Intermediate-level (96): (으)ㄴ 대신에, 대신에, but. 공기가 좋은 대신에 벌레가 많아요.

'~대신에' could be interpreted as 'instead of' or 'but' depending on the context of the sentence In this video, we will practice '~대신에' for the usage 'but' The other usage was handled in the previous video When ‘대신에’ connects two sentences that have definition verbs, ‘대신에’ could be interpreted as ‘but’ or ‘although’ The core meaning of ‘대신에’ is ‘instead ’ Therefore, even if it is interpreted as ‘but’ in English, ‘대신에’ connects two sentences to mean that the subject has two different values and one pays off the other Please compare this grammar with ‘~지만’ which purely means ‘but’ which was explained in Grammar 47 00:00 Cover 00:11 Intro 00:41 Grammar & Expression 03:00 Sentence Practice 07:13 Summary 07:4 Ending