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Year End Korean Grammar Quiz Posted by Ginny on Dec 19, 2009
As the year comes to an end, I’ve realized that we’ve gone over many aspects of Korean grammar and the Korean language in general. Here is a quiz of some of the things we’ve learned in the past. This is just a small quiz to test how much you’ve remembered thus far. The answers will be…
ㅂ Ending Verbs and Adjectives Posted by Ginny on Dec 13, 2009
In the standard polite form, ㅂ ending verbs like 밉다 (to hate) will turn to 미워요 in the standard polite form. To form the conjugated form of ㅂ ending verbs, drop the ㅂ and add 워요. In the standard polite past form, it’ll be 미웠어요. To form the standard polite past form, drop the ㅂ…
Deferential Polite Past Tense Posted by Ginny on Dec 10, 2009
What happens when you have an 이다 copula ending in the deferential polite past tense? Let’s say there’s a sentence like this, “학생이었습니다“. (학생 = student. 이였습니다 = deferential polite past of 이다.) In English this would mean, “I was a student”. Now with a phrase like this, “학교였습니다“, it would mean “It was a…
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…