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Learn Korean “Only” #2 Posted by Soo on Apr 27, 2015
Today you will learn second way to say “Only/뿐/bboon” in Korean “Noun + 뿐이다/Verb stem + ㄹ/을 뿐이다”. This is not high frequency when Korean speak, but it is useful to know for your other skills such a reading or listening. Please see some examples to understand how to use it. 주머니에 천원뿐이다/ I have…
Learn Korean “Only” #1 Posted by Soo on Apr 20, 2015
Most foreigners who learn “Only” in Korea learn as a 만/man, but there are other ways to say “Only” in Korean. Let’s learn how to use 만 first. To use man, you need to memorize “noun +만” or “ Verb stem+기만 하다”. As you read my blog before, 기 is making Verb to noun. As…
This, That, and That in Korean Posted by Soo on Apr 13, 2015
Today you will learn how to say “This/이/E, That(1)/그/gu, and That(2)/저/jeo” in Korean. As you can guess these are related to distance from listener and speaker. Simply, this is closest from the speaker, and that(1) is little far from the speaker or close to the listener, and the last that(2) is using as when something…
Learn Korean “Verb+음/ㅁ”- Nominalization #3 Posted by Soo on Apr 6, 2015
This is the last way to change from verb to noun. As I said last two week, you have to know the way of change from verb to noun because Korean uses verb as a noun a lot. When they change from verb to noun, they remove 다 and then add 음/ㅁ to make noun…
Learn Korean “Verb+는 것”- Nominalization #2 Posted by Soo on Mar 30, 2015
Today I am going to talk about the second way to switch from verb to noun. As I said last week, you have to know the way of change from verb to noun because Korean uses verb as a noun a lot. When they change from verb to noun, they remove 다 and then add 는…
Learn Korean “Verb+기”- Nominalization #1 Posted by Soo on Mar 23, 2015
There are three ways to do nominalization. Today you will learn one of them. Korean uses verb as a noun a lot, so you need to know how to change from verb to noun in Korean. When they change from verb to noun, they add 기 to make noun; it is one of the ways…
Learn Korean “From” Posted by Soo on Mar 16, 2015
You read and watched how to use “To” last week. Related with that, you will learn “From” in this week. There are a few way to say “From” in Korean: 한테서/han tae seo, 에게서/ae gae, 께/ggae. 한테서 is casual form and you will hear a lot when Korean speak without last syllable “서”. Most of…