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ㅎ Ending Words Posted by Ginny on Apr 2, 2010
A lot of color words have the ㅎ ending. For example, 빨갛다 (red) falls in this category. There are other words that are not color words that have a ㅎ ending. 그렇다 (to be in that way, to be like that) is another example In the standard polite present tense form 그렇다 will be 그래요. Drop…
The Imperative Posted by Ginny on Mar 28, 2010
To form the polite imperative, just use the honorific polite form of the verb. 도우세요! = Please help! (돕다 = to help) To give the impression of urgency, place 어서 in front of the verb. 어서 가세요! = Please leave! (어서 = gives sense of urgency. 가다 = to go) Other adverbs can be placed…
Korean Numbers 1-100 Posted by Ginny on Mar 25, 2010
I know we’ve already gone over the numbers, but I made this chart of Korean numbers 1 – 100 so that you could compare the native Korean numbers along with the Sino Korean numbers. Just for good measure, I threw in zero as well. 🙂 If you’re new to learning Korean, check out our other…
Informal Korean Posted by Ginny on Mar 19, 2010
So far, we’ve explored ways to express ideas in formal Korean. Today we’ll learn a little about informal Korean. Just as a reminder, informal Korean should not be used with an elder or superior. In written communication, informal Korean is mostly used with friends through chatting and email, but remember no informal Korean with bosses…
Sentences Using “But/However” Posted by Ginny on Mar 16, 2010
There are several ways to say “but” and “however” in Korean. One way is to use 그렇지만 : 호동은 한국인입니다. 그렇지만 한국어를 못 합니다. Hodong is a Korean person. However/but he can’t speak Korean. 호동 = Hodong. 은 = topic marking particle. 한국 = Korea. 인 = person. 입니다 = is. 그렇지만 = but/however. 한국…
Using “And” Posted by Ginny on Mar 10, 2010
There are a couple of ways to conjoin nouns and sentences in Korean. One of the ways you can conjoin nouns is to use 과 or 와. 물과 밥만 필요해요 = I only need water and rice. (물 = water. 과 = and. 밥 = rice. 만 = only. 필요해요 = need) In the sentence…
르 Ending Words Posted by Ginny on Mar 7, 2010
For today’s lesson, we’ll explore 르 ending words. For some 르 ending words like 빠르다 (to be fast) the standard polite ending in the present tense will be 빨라요. To form this ending, drop the 다, add a ㄹ to the bottom of 빠 and add 라요. Try doing this with 모르다 (to not know) in…