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    BEG 5 | Location-에 vs -에서

    ByKorean Jream

    location + 에: “To” a location: action ends at that location with no new action beginning from that location Followed by directional and existential verbs:-에 가다 to go to–에 오다 to come to–에 다니다 to attend to–에 있다: to be at- -에 없다: to not be at- location + 에서: “From” – A new action…

  • 5. Self-Introduction

    ByKorean Jream

    “Hello.” 안녕하세요? What does 안녕하세요 exactly mean? “I am [name].” Most formal and polite: 저는 [name]입니다.Casually polite: 저는 [name]이에요 or [name]예요. 저: I (humble form) -는: topic particle = bringing up the topic, in this case “저” (I) 입니다 [임니다]: most formal form of the verb 이다(to be) : “am/are/is” 이에요/예요: casually polite form of…

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    BEG 22 | ~(으)면 If

    ByKorean Jream

    MEANING Used both for hypothetical, imaginative situations as well as likely situations (“if and when”) English “when” is translated as “~(으)면” when talking about general tendencies CONJGUATION Dictionary stem 다 Consonant 으면 Vowel 면 Used with both verb and adjective stemsCan be used with different tenses : ~았/었으면 (past), ~(으)ㄹ 거면(probability, future) 좋다 to be…

  • INT 2 | REASON ~어/아서 & ~(으)니까

    ByKorean Jream

    ~어/아서: neutral reason and result Comes from 그래서 (so, therefore) : A so B Reason~어/아서 result: neutral and factual Only used in statements: cannot be used in suggestions and commands Tenseless: Even when talking about the past, it’s just ~어/아서 CONJUGATION Conjugation is the same as ~아/어(요) ending Bright vowels (ㅗ,ㅏ): 아서 좋다 to be…

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    INT 17 | ~다면/(이)라면 “If”

    ByKorean Jream

    BREAKDOWN ~다면/라면 = ~다고/N(이)라고 하면 “If, let’s say…” : combination of quotation and “if” Used only for hypothetical, imaginative situations you are unsure about   When: likely to happen Purely hypothetical imagination ~(으)면 O O ~다면/라면 X O Click here to study ~(으)면 first! EXAMPLES 집에 가면 전화해. 1) When you go home, call me. –…

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    INT 18 | Passive ~이, 히, 리, 기~

    ByKorean Jream

    3 Ways to change active verbs to passive: By inserting one of the suffixes ~이,히,리,기~ in active verbsBy conjugating the active verbs with the ending ~어/아지다By changing 하다 to 되다 When passive structure is used: When something is done to the subject without their active actionsWhen an inanimate subject is used: English intransitive verbs are…