Archive for 'Grammar'
Object Marking Particles In Korean Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Feb 21, 2018
People who study Korean frequently ask me about these small words, 이/가, 은/는, or 을/를 in the Korean language. Although these markers have little or no meaning by themselves, they distinguish a subject, topic, or object in a Korean sentence. In this post, we will explore the object markers, 을 and 를 in the Korean…
Daily Routine and Time: This Is My Day in Korean. Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Nov 22, 2017
The last two posts included a list of verbs regarding your daily routine, and how to conjugate those verbs. This post will teach you how to describe your daily routines and when they take place in a present tense polite form, ‘-요’ style. ex) 저는 6시 30분에 일어나요. (I wake up at 6:30.) 7시에 커피를…
Korean Verbs and Your Routine #2 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Nov 16, 2017
This is the second series of the Korean verbs and your routine. The last post was about the list of verbs that are useful to describe your routine and how to conjugate their dictionary forms into present tense polite forms. This post will introduce you to two more rules on how to conjugate them in…
Korean Verbs and Your Routine #1 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Nov 8, 2017
What do you do on a daily basis? We perform countless little actions throughout the day. Do you know how to describe your daily routine in Korean? This post will introduce to you a list of verbs that will be useful to describe your routine, and how to conjugate them in a present tense polite…
Describing Taste in Korean Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Oct 25, 2017
We eat every day, so dining with your Korean friends or talk about Korean food is a great way to engage in a conversation in Korean. This post will talk about how to say, “It’s delicious,” “It’s spicy,” and “It’s not spicy.” in Korean. My friends enjoy eating Korean food. Some of them think the…
The Scientific and Phonetic Korean Script, 한글(Hangeul): Vowels #3 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Aug 2, 2017
This is another portion of the series about the Korean script, 한글. The following article will cover Korean vowels and their sounds, in order to help you to build fluency in Korean, especially in reading and writing. The first post in this series covered a brief history of 한글 and how to form syllables in Korean…
The Scientific and Phonetic Korean Script, 한글(Hangeul): Consonants #2 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Jul 26, 2017
Do you know why 한글 is considered a highly phonetic and scientific writing systems? You will have a good understanding after reading the following explanation of Korean consonants and their sounds. Last week I introduced the brief history of 한글, and how to form syllables in Korean. This post will cover more detailed information about the…