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Answers to the Standard Polite Past Tense Posted by Ginny on Nov 24, 2009
1 – 놀다 (to play) [놀았어요] 2 – 닫다 (to close) [닫았어요] 3 – 사다 (to buy) [샀어요] 4 – 갈다 (to sharpen) [갈았어요] 5 – 싣다 (to load) [실었어요] 6 – 있다 (to have, to be present) [있었어요] 7 – 자다 (to sleep) [잤어요] 8 – 공부하다 (to study) [공부했어요] 9 – 남자예요 ([I]…
Standard Polite Past Tense Quiz Posted by Ginny on Nov 21, 2009
Form the past tense standard polite version of these verbs: 1 – 놀다 (to play) 2 – 닫다 (to close) 3 – 사다 (to buy) 4 – 갈다 (to sharpen) 5 – 싣다 (to load) 6 – 있다 (to have, to be present) 7 – 자다 (to sleep) 8 – 공부하다 (to study) 9 –…
Standard Polite Past Tense Posted by Ginny on Nov 18, 2009
For today’s post, we’ll tackle conjugating verbs in the past tense, but only in the standard polite form. Let’s take a look at this sentence: “학교에 갔어요“. (학교 = school. 에 = location marking particle. 갔어요 = went.) In English this sentence would be, “I went to school”. The infinitive of the verb “went” is “to…
있다 Posted by Ginny on Nov 15, 2009
Today we’re going to look at some expressions where you might use the verb 있다. The verb 있다 can mean “to have”. For example, “돈이 있어요?” means “[Do you] have money?” (돈 = money. 이 = subject marking particle used after a consonant. 있어요 = “have” in the standard polite form. In the deferential polite…
Pepero Day Posted by Ginny on Nov 12, 2009
November eleventh is a special day named after a snack called 빼빼로. 빼빼로 is a commercial snack usually sold in a thin rectangular box. The snack itself consists of chocolate covered sticks made of cookie dough. Usually people eat the sticks two at a time. When you place two sticks together they look like the number eleven. That’s why…
ㄷ Verbs Continued Posted by Ginny on Nov 9, 2009
Now that we’ve gone over the basics of the ㄷ ending verbs I’m going to go into a little bit more detail about the intricacies of the ㄷ ending verbs. You might be wondering, how will I know when to conjugate 묻다 as 묻어요 or 물어요. You do this by trying to figure out the…
ㄷ Verbs Posted by Ginny on Nov 6, 2009
There are some irregular verbs that end in ㄷ. When that happens, the ㄷ changes to a ㄹ. For example, the verb 듣다 will be 들어요 in the standard polite form. Basically the 다 is dropped. Then you’re left with the stem 듣. Then the ㄷ on the bottom is dropped. Lastly the ㄷ changes…