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르 Ending Words Posted by Ginny on Mar 7, 2010
For today’s lesson, we’ll explore 르 ending words. For some 르 ending words like 빠르다 (to be fast) the standard polite ending in the present tense will be 빨라요. To form this ending, drop the 다, add a ㄹ to the bottom of 빠 and add 라요. Try doing this with 모르다 (to not know) in…
ㅅ Ending Words in the Past Tense Posted by Ginny on Feb 4, 2010
In the last post, we looked at ㅅ ending words in the present tense. Today we’ll look at ㅅ ending words in the past tense. The verb 짓다 (to build) in the past tense of the standard polite will be 지었어요. Drop the 다 and ㅅ of 짓다 and add 었어요 to form the past…
ㅅ Ending Words Posted by Ginny on Feb 1, 2010
Some ㅅ ending verbs like 짓다 (to build) are a part of a special class of verbs that end in ㅅ. In the standard polite present tense form, 짓다 will be conjugated as 지어요. The 다 from 짓다 is dropped and so is the ㅅ from 짓. Then 어요 is added. Let’s try conjugating the…
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…
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…
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…
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…