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Should/Have To/Must Posted by Ginny on Apr 20, 2010
~어/아야 되다 can be used to express should/must/have : 도와야 돼요 = I have to/should/must help (verb is 돕다 = to help. This is a irregular ㅂ ending verb so it’ll change to 도와. 되다 will change to 돼요.) You can also use ~어/아야 하다 to express should/must/have : 우리 서둘러야 해요 = We must/should/have to hurry (우리 =…
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…
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)…
Korean Vocabulary Related To Family Part 2 Posted by Ginny on Nov 30, 2009
아내 – wife (humble) 마누라 – wife (humble) 부인 – wife (honorific) 남편 – husband 자기 – often used by newlyweds to each other 여보 – used by married couples to each other 당신 – often used by married couples (formal term) 아들 – used for your own son 아드님 – used for other people’s…
Korean Vocabulary Related to Family Posted by Ginny on Nov 27, 2009
What you’ll notice about Korean vocabulary related to the family is that there may be more than one way to address someone depending on your rank, age, and relation to the person. Shall we take a look? 아버지 – father (polite) 아버님 – father (very polite) 아빠 – dad (informal) 어머니 – mother (polite) 어머님…
Scary Korean Movies Posted by Ginny on Oct 31, 2009
This Halloween why not spend some time watching scary Korean movies? All these movies have been made within the last couple of years: 불신지옥 – Living Hell/Living Death. About two sisters, one who may possibly be possessed. 여고괴담 5 동반자살 – A Blood Pledge. About a group of high school girls who promise to commit suicide together…
Is Not, Am Not, Are Not, No Posted by Ginny on Oct 22, 2009
Let’s say that you see a painting and you say ‘그 여자는 누구예요’? (그 = that. 여자 = girl. 는 = topic marking particle. 누구 = who. 예요 = copula meaning ‘is’.) In English this sentence would mean, ‘Who is that girl?’ As a response the artist of the painting could reply, ‘여가가 아니에요’ or…