마다 in Korean: “every”

마다 (mada) means "every" or "each" and attaches to a noun: 아침마다 means "every morning." It is often used for routines and repeated events. With people or things, it means each one is different or each one does something.

How to form it

How to use it

With time words, 마다 shows a routine: 주말마다 등산 가요 (I go hiking every weekend). It can replace a time particle like 에, so you say 아침마다, not 아침에마다.

With numbers it shows how often: 십 분마다 (every ten minutes), 이틀마다 (every two days).

With people or things, 마다 often means "each one is different": 사람마다 생각이 달라요 (Everyone thinks differently).

마다 has no politeness level and works in any speech style.

Examples

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Don’t mix it up with

매: 매 goes before a noun as a prefix (매일, 매주, 매년), while 마다 goes after it (날마다, 주마다). 매일 and 날마다 both mean "every day."

Common mistakes

Saying 매일마다. 매 and 마다 both mean "every," so 매일 or 날마다 alone is enough, even though you may hear 매일마다 in casual talk.