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    BEG 20 | ~(으)ㄹ까요? Asking opinions

    MEANING Always a question: ~까 is a question ending Asks the listener’s opinion: you can ask yourself too! “Do you think…? “What/who/when… do you think?” Shall we…? Shall I…? CONJUGATION Look at the end of a verb or adjective stem before the dictionary ending ~다. If it ends with: Consonant ~을까? [polite: 을까요?]먹다 to eat…

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    INT 15 | Indirect Quotation: statement

    CONJUGATION Conjugation rules base on the plain speech level conjugation EXAMPLES 선생님이 요즘 바쁘다고 하셨어요. (The teacher said s/he is busy nowadays.)친구가 오늘 아프다고 했어요. (My friend said s/he is sick today.)사람들이 요즘 일자리가 많이 없다고 해요. (People say there aren’t many jobs nowadays.) 걔 오늘 생일이라던데. 알고 있었어? (S/he said it’s her/his birthday today,…

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    INT 9 | Nominalization ~기, ~(으)ㅁ, ~는 것

    ~(으)ㄴ/는 것(거) the act of ~ingthe fact that…= the most neutral way to nominalize Korean verbs without a specific meaning or constraintTechnically, this is a noun-modifying form, not nominalization. However, it’s used the most frequently. USAGE: Hobby, habit, general tendency, preference CONJUGATION VERB ~는 것(거) 저는 먹는 거 좋아해요. I like eating.저는 수영하는 거 좋아해요….

  • 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:…