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…
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)….
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…
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…
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/
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…
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….
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…
location + 에: “To” a location: action ends at that location with no new action beginning from that location Followed by directional and existential verbs:-에 가다 to go to–에 오다 to come to–에 다니다 to attend to–에 있다: to be at- -에 없다: to not be at- location + 에서: “From” – A new action…
KOREAN BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE Subject+은/는 or 이/가 Object을/를 Verb(Adjective) Subject Particle -이/가 Subject: Who does the action in the verbC+이 / V+가⚠️ 저(I, humble) + 가 = 제가⚠️ 나(I, plain) + 가 = 내가⚠️ 너(you, plain) + 가 = 네가 ‘네가’ is more often pronounce as 니가, to distinguish from 내가 Object Particle -을/를 Object:…
