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A stamp on every one, skipping none: 마다

The picture Going along a row and pressing the same stamp on every single item, leaving none out. 마다 stamps every one with nothing left out; 씩 hands out a fixed amount at a time.

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  1. every morning that comes

    아침마다 커피를 마셔요.

    a-chim-ma-da keo-pi-reul ma-syeo-yo

    I drink coffee every morning.

    A calendar with a coffee-cup stamp pressed into every single morning square, none skipped.

  2. every Monday that comes round

    월요일마다 회의가 있어요.

    wo-ryo-il-ma-da hoe-ui-ga i-sseo-yo

    There is a meeting every Monday.

    The same meeting sticker running down the calendar, on the Mondays and nowhere else.

  3. every fixed interval

    버스가 10분마다 와요.

    beo-seu-ga sip-bun-ma-da wa-yo

    The bus comes every ten minutes.

    A clock hand ticking off ten minutes, and each time it does, one more bus pulling into the stop.

    After a number and a unit it becomes an interval: once every so many.

  4. each shop, one by one

    가게마다 값이 달라요.

    ga-ge-ma-da gap-si dal-la-yo

    The price is different at every shop.

    Opening one shop door after another and finding a different number on the price tag each time.

  5. each person, one by one

    사람마다 생각이 달라요.

    sa-ram-ma-da saeng-ga-gi dal-la-yo

    Everyone thinks differently.

    A row of people, each with a speech bubble overhead, and no two bubbles holding the same thing.

All of it in one picture

A coffee stamp lands in every morning square; a meeting sticker lands on every Monday. Each ten-minute tick brings another bus to the stop, each shop door opens onto a different price, each speech bubble holds something else. The first three mean 'every time it comes round, without fail'; the last two mean 'go through them one by one and they all differ'. The hand stamping every one of them is the same — only what turns up under the stamp changes.

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