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    BEG 12 | Adverbs “well, often, etc.”

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  • 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….

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    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)…