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  • 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 3 | Intention ~(으)려고

    ByKorean Jream

    MEANING Shows the speaker’s intention: plans, goals, objectives CONJUGATION C+으려고먹다 to eat : 먹으려고있다 to exist, stay : 있으려고 V+려고하다 to do : 하려고배우다 to learn: 배우려고 Irregular: ㄹ+려고살다 to live: 살려고돈을 벌다 to earn money: 돈을 벌려고 Irregular: ㄷ+으려고 = ㄹ+으려고 (not all the verbs, mostly the following two)듣다 to listen, to hear: 들으려고걷다…

  • INT 1 | ~거든요 VS ~잖아요

    ByKorean Jream

    MEANING ~거든(요). ~잖아(요). Assumes the listener doesn’t know the information Assumes the listener knows this information Explains new information, reason to “why?” question = more neutral to simply explain or answer Telling a shared story or saying the listener should know already = it can sound rude “You see”, “Let me explain” “You know”, “You…

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    INT 16 | Indirect Quotation: suggestion, question, command

    ByKorean Jream

    QUOTE SUGGESTION: ~자고 하다 When PERSON 1 suggested something (~자, ~(으)ㄹ래?, ~(으)ㄹ까?) and you are reporting to PERSON 2 that PERSON 1 suggested it, you use ~자고 하다. EXAMPLE 수지: 오늘 밥 같이 먹자. (Let’s eat together today.)((You go to another friend 지민.))나: 지민아, 수지가 밥 같이 먹자고 했어. (Jimin, Suji suggested that we eat…

  • BEG 9 | Transition Words

    ByKorean Jream

    These transition words (conjunctive adverbs) are used between sentences. and 그리고but 그런데(근데) / 그렇지만 / 하지만 [from most casual to most formal]so 그래서then 그러면 (그럼) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA3GZePhgtY/ Here are examples: Go to this Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPJCwfhqNz/ A special usage of 그래서(so, therefore): Go to this Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5j3n-BbnK/