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    BEG 2 | Irregular ~어/아요 Conjugation

    ㅡ Irregular: ㅡ becomes ㅓ크다 (to be big): 커(요).예쁘다 (to be pretty): 예뻐(요).쓰다 (to write, use): 써(요). If there are bright vowels in the preceding syllable, ㅡ becomes ㅏ배고프다 (to be hungry): 배고파(요).바쁘다 (to be busy): 바빠(요).나쁘다 (to be bad): 나빠(요).아프다 (to be sick): 아파(요). 르 Irregular: 르 becomes 러 Add another ㄹ in the…

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    BEG 11 | Negation “not, cannot”

    SHORT NEGATION 안 : not 안 + ADJ 좋아요. (am/are/is good) <-> 안 좋아요. (am/are/is not good)많아요. (are many, is much) <-> 안 많아요. (are not many, is not much)예뻐요. (am/are/is pretty) <-> 안 예뻐요. (am/are/is pretty)피곤해요. (am/are/is tired) <-> 안 피곤해요. (am/are/is not tired)심심해요. (am/are/is bored) <-> 안 심심해요. (am/are/is bored) Pay attention to…

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    BEG 3 | Topic Particle -은/는 vs Subject Particle 이/가

    What is ‘particle’? Particles are attached to nouns and indicate what part of speech (subject, object, location, etc.) that noun is in a given sentence. Thanks to particles, the word order is flexible in Korean as long as verbs/adjectives come at the end of the sentence. In daily conversations, particles are mostly omitted unless they…

  • 6. How to Introduce Your Name

    1. 저는 ____입니다 / 이에요(예요). “I am ____.” 저 I (humble)-는 topic particle: introducing something입니다 am/are/is (most formal)이에요, 예요 am/are/is (casually polite) If your name ends with a consonant: 이에요. 재림이에요. (am/are/is Jaerim.) 에릭이에요. (am/are/is Eric.) 최웅이에요. (am/are/is Choi Ung.) If your name ends with a vowel: 예요. 미나예요. (am/are/is Mina.) 크리스예요. (am/are/is Chris.) TIP:…

  • BEG 9 | Transition Words

    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/

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    INT 17 | ~다면/(이)라면 “If”

    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. –…