BEG 19 | ~네(요) Ending
~네 is used to give an immediate reaction to what the speaker is seeing, hearing, tasting, and feeling.
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BEG 18 | ~지/죠 Ending
~지 shows the speaker’s commitment to what they are saying, making their stance stronger.~죠 is the polite form of ~지: ~지+요 shortens to ~죠.
BEG 12 | Adverbs “well, often, etc.”
USAGE Adverbs come before verbs and adjectives in a sentence to describe the degree or manner of an action or state. 잘 “well” : 잘 + Verb 먹어요. …eat(s). 잘 먹어요. …eat(s) well. 해요. …do(es). 잘 해요. …do(es) well. 자요. …sleep(s). 잘 자요. …sleep(s) well. 울어요. …cry(cries). 잘 울어요. …cry(cries) well. 웃어요. …smile(s) / laugh(s)….
INT 4 | “But” ~(으)ㄴ데/는데 Part 1
MEANING SENTENCE 1. 그런데 SENTENCE 2.SENTENCE 1. But/however, SENTENCE 2. 한국 음식은 맛있어요. 그런데 매워요.Korean food is delicious. But it’s spicy. To combine SENTENCE 1 and SENTENCE 2, you attach ~(으)ㄴ데 or ~는데 to the adjective and verb at the end of SENTENCE 1. 한국 음식은 맛있는데 매워요.Korean food is delicious but spicy. CONJUGATION ADJECTIVE…
4. Basic Expressions
Hello. : 안녕. / 안녕하세요.Read this blog to learn what 안녕, 안녕하세요 literally means, and how Koreans ask “How are you?” TIP: 안녕 is casual, non-polite way to say both “hi” and “bye” to close friends and families안녕하세요? is a polite way to say “hi”, but it is not used to say “bye”– 안녕히 가세요….
7. “I am from…” in Korean
1. Do not use the literal expression of “I came from…” 2. Instead, say “I am [country] person.” or “I live in [country].” (저는) [country] 사람이에요. “(I) am [nationality/ethnicity].”– Subject “I” can be omitted in Korean when it is obvious in the context.– 사람 is a person, and if you add a country before it,…
INT 11 | ~던데
Dictionary stem Retrospective Suffix(es) Ending Polite Ending 더 ~라(고)INT 10 | ~더라(고) Retrospective ~ 요 더 ~(으)ㄴ데 From 그런데(but) ~요 ~더~ Recalling experience the speaker saw, heard, felt firsthand ~던데(요) 1) Refuting, disagreeing (from the original “however” meaning of ~(으)ㄴ/는데) 2) Giving hesitant response that may be not preferred by the listener 3)…
