Baekdu Mountain: the Pride of Korea, both North and South Posted by Tony Kitchen on May 7, 2016
Roughly 70% of South Korea is mountainous land. But for South Koreans, it’s most prized and cherished mountain lies on the border between North Korea and China. It’s a volcanic mountain, capped at it’s peak with a crater lake know as “heaven lake” (천지), named Baekdu Mountain (백두산), the sacred white-headed mountain. The common ties…
“Where” are you going? Posted by Soo on May 4, 2016
Today, you are going to learn how to say “Where” in Korean, it is “어디/ eo di”. It is simple and very useful. Korean use 어디 with 에서 in many cases; “에서/ae seo” means at/in/from, and in some cases, Korean abbreviates to 서 from 에서. After (에)서, there should be some action verb follow. I will…
How to say “Can’t” in Korean? Posted by Soo on Apr 27, 2016
Today, you are going to learn how to say can’t in Korean, it is very useful just like “Can” you learned last week. It is very high frequency you need to know when you are learning Korean. The grammar point is “V.S. + 을/ㄹ 수 없다.” You have to use 을 with consonant ending and ㄹ with vowel…
How to say “Can” in Korean Posted by Soo on Apr 20, 2016
Today, you are going to learn how to say can in Korean, it is very useful and high frequency you need to know when you are learning Korean. The grammar point is “V.S. + 을/ㄹ 수 있다.” You have to use 을 with consonant ending and ㄹ with vowel ending. Please see the examples below with…
What is “Verb Stem” in learning Korean grammar? Posted by Soo on Apr 13, 2016
Some of my students were not sure what verb stem (V.S.) is. So, I would like to introduce what it is. Simply, I can tell you that v.s. is without 다/da of verb infinitive. For instance, verb stem of “To eat/먹다/meok da” is 먹/meok. Verb stem of “To see/보다/bo da” is 보/bo. A few weeks…
How to say “When” in Korean? Posted by Soo on Mar 30, 2016
There are couple of way to say “When” in Korean, but today you will learn one of them which is “언제/ eon jae”. “언제” is what you use when you ask a question such as an example “When will you go home?/ 언제 집에 갈 거예요?/ eon jae jib ae gal geo ae yo?” “When will you…
How to say “Want to” in Korean in casual way? Posted by Soo on Mar 23, 2016
I believe many students who have learned Korean learned “Want to” as “고 싶다/go ship da”. However, there is another way to say it in casual situation. The grammar point is “V.S. + ㄹ/을 + 래(요). This is very common way to say, so you can hear a lot from your Korean friend if you have one…