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 17 | How to Order and Buy
If you want to learn 이, 그, 저: Watch the Instagram lesson here! EXAMPLE DIALOGUE For more about this honorific and humble forms you use in service encounters, see the lesson about Korean honorifics and politeness!
BEG 14 | ~고(and)
SENTENCE 1. 그리고 SENTENCE 2.To combine these 2 sentences, you attach ~고 to the verb or adjective stem at the end of SENTENCE 1 and leave the rest of SENTENCE 2. 한국 드라마는 재미있어요. 그리고 감동적이에요.Korean dramas are fun. And they are touching. The dictionary form of 재미있어요 is 재미있다 = 재미있고 (is fun and…)…
BEG 13 | To want to~ (~고 싶다)
CONJUGATION Verb stem + 고 싶다 : Change the dictionary ending ~다 to ~고 and add 싶다Conjugate 싶다 to other sentence endings: Present tense: ~고 싶어(요). Past tense: ~고 싶었어(요). Probability/future: ~고 싶을 거야(거예요). 먹다 to eat : 먹고 싶어(요). I want to eat.먹고 싶었어(요). I wanted to eat.먹고 싶을 거야(거예요). I will want to…
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)….
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…
BEG 10 | “and” between Nouns
A and B : Attach particles after the preceding noun to list multiple nouns A하고 B A(이)랑 B A과/와 B Watch Instagram lesson: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbGWcVhys6/ 1. A하고 B This is the most casual and is only used in the causal spoken language, not in formal writings or formal speeches. Korea and the US: 한국하고 미국Seoul and…
BEG 8 | ~(으)ㄹ 거예요 vs ~(으)ㄹ게요
They are both used for future actions, but in different contexts. *In service industries, employees use this to tell the customers to do something. “이 쪽으로 오실게요. (“You will come this way.” with the honorific suffix ~시~) as if the listener is volunteering to do so. By doing so, they are trying to sound polite…
BEG 7 | Future Tense? Probability!
There is NO future tense in Korean! WHAAAA? Linguistically speaking, Korean grammar only has two tenses: past and present.Does this sound crazy? Actually, it is the same in English! Let me show you.\ I am not saying Koreans do not know what future means or there is no way to talk about future in Korean….
BEG 6 | Past Tense
Learn present tense ~어/아요 first, and the past tense is super easy!!! Add ㅆ under the present tense ~아/어 and make it ~았/었.Add another 어 and then 요 to make is polite. 좋아(요). am/are/is good. = 좋아 + ㅆ어(요). = 좋았어(요). was/were good.싫어(요). am/are/is dislikable. = 싫어 + ㅆ어(요). = 싫었어(요). was/were dislikable. EXAMPLES오늘 날씨가…