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Answers to the Quiz Posted by Ginny on Jan 22, 2010
Ok, now it’s time for the quiz answers. The answers will be provided in parentheses. Conjugate the following into the present honorific polite: 1 – 듣다 (to hear, to listen) (들으세요) 2 – 살다 (to live) (사세요) 3 – 어렵다 (to be difficult) (어려우세요) 4 – 나쁘다 (to be bad) (나쁘세요) Conjugate the following in the past…
Honorific Polite and Deferential Polite Quiz Posted by Ginny on Jan 19, 2010
Try this quiz and see how many you get right! Conjugate the following into the present honorific polite: 1 – 듣다 (to hear, to listen) 2 – 살다 (to live) 3 – 어렵다 (to be difficult) 4 – 나쁘다 (to be bad) Conjugate the following in the past tense of the honorific polite: 5 – 있다 (to have)…
으 ending Words Posted by Ginny on Jan 13, 2010
With a verb like 쓰다 (to write, to use) the standard polite conjugation will be 써요 in the present tense. To form the standard polite ending of 으 ending verbs, drop the 다, like the 다 in 쓰다 and change the 으 vowel in 쓰다 to an 어 vowel. Now try conjugating the adjective 크다…
Special Honorific Words Posted by Ginny on Jan 10, 2010
There are certain verbs that look unrecognizable in the honorific. Take the verb 먹다 (to eat). In the honorific polite it would be 잡수세요 or 드세요. Just be careful about when to use 잡수세요 and 드세요. The two aren’t always interchangeable. When it comes to solid foods like rice both 잡수세요 and 드세요 will work. However…
Honorific Deferential Posted by Ginny on Dec 28, 2009
In the last post we looked over the honorific polite and the honorific polite in the past tense. In today’s post we’ll take a look at the honorific deferential and the honorific deferential in the past tense. With a 하다 ending verb like 사랑하다 (to love), the honorific deferential would be 사랑하십니다 and 사랑하십니까 in…
Honorific Polite Posted by Ginny on Dec 25, 2009
As you know, there are different levels of politeness in Korean. We’re going to take a step further to explore the honorific polite. The honorific polite is politer than the standard polite. The standard polite ending is just 요. So the verb 사다 (to buy) in the standard polite is 사요. However, the honorific polite…
Year End Grammar Quiz Answers Posted by Ginny on Dec 22, 2009
Below are the quiz answers from our last post. 1) Conjugate 자다 (to sleep) in the standard polite present tense and the deferential polite present tense. (자요, 잡니다) (Check blog post Aug 7 and Aug 10 for more explanation) 2) Conjugate 사다 (to buy) in the standard polite past tense and the deferential polite past tense. (샀어요…