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.
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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…
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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)….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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BEG 4 | Subject Particle -이/가 vs Object Particle -을/를
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:…
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BEG 2 | Irregular ~어/아요 Conjugation
ㅡ Irregular: ㅡ becomes ㅓ크다 (to be big): 커(요).예쁘다 (to be pretty): 예뻐(요).쓰다 (to write, use): 써(요). If there are bright vowels in the preceding syllable, ㅡ becomes ㅏ배고프다 (to be hungry): 배고파(요).바쁘다 (to be busy): 바빠(요).나쁘다 (to be bad): 나빠(요).아프다 (to be sick): 아파(요). 르 Irregular: 르 becomes 러 Add another ㄹ in the…
