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Lesson 9: Korean Negative Imperatives
Positive Imperative Negative Imperative Informal Do – 해 (hae) Don’t – 하지마 (ha-ji-ma) Formal Do – 해요(hae-yo) Don’t – 하지마요 (ha-ji-ma-yo) Honorific Do – 하세요(ha-se-yo) Don’t – 하지마세요 (ha-ji-ma-se-yo) Informal negative Rule : Take 다 (da) off from basic form … Continue reading
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Lesson 8: Korean Imperatives
Korean imperatives have three types. They are informal, formal, honorific imperatives. Imperative Positive Informal Do – 해 (hae) Formal Do – 해요 (hae-yo) Honorific Do – 하세요 (ha-se-yo) The informal form is used among very close friends or when talking … Continue reading
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Lesson 7: Using Honorific in Korean
Korean is probably the only language that has an honorific grammatically. 1. In honorific sentence 시 (shi) added to the verb. Go – 가다 (ga-da) – 가시다 (ga-shi-da) Come -오다 (oh-da) – 오시다 (oh-shi-da) Wear – 입다 (ib-da) – 입으시다 … Continue reading
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Lesson 6: Negative Sentences in Korean
Negative Sentences Basic negative word is 아니다 (not). Basic Sentence: A is B——–A 는 B입니다 Negative Sentence : A is not B. —- A는 B가(이) 아닙니다. If Word B has a bottom consonant, we use 이. If Word B has … Continue reading
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Lesson 5: Questioning Sentences in Korean
Interrogative Sentences in Korean Basic Sentence: A is B——–A 는 B입니다. Questioning Sentence: Is A B? —— A는 B 입니까? 다 changes into 까 Practice 1 I am a student. – 나는 학생입니다. ( na-neun-hak-saeng-im-ni-da) Am I a student? – … Continue reading
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Lesson 4: Past, Present, Future Tense for Korean Verbs
Past Tense Practice I go to school. – 나는 학교에 갑니다. (na-neun-hak-gyo-eh-gam-ni-da) If you want to change to past tense 갑니다 changes to 갔습니다 I went to school yesterday. – 나는 어제 학교에 갔습니다. (na-neun-uh-je-hak-gyo-eh-gat-seum-ni-da.) Here are some verbs with … Continue reading
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Lesson 3: Making a Korean Sentence
Let’s make a sentence. Basic sentence formation is like this: {Subject/Topic+particle} + {Object+particle} + {Verb/Adjective+conjugation} Example: 나는 학교에 갑니다. 나 is subject 는 is particle 학교 is object 에 is particle 갑니다 is verb Sentence Practice 1) A is B … Continue reading
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Lesson 2: Making a Korean Word
Now we are going to make a word. ㅇ+ㅏ+ㅂ+ㅓ+ㅈ+ㅣ= 아버지 (ah-bu-ji) It means father. ㅇ+ㅓ+ㅁ+ㅓ+ㄴ+ㅣ= 어머니 (uh-mu-ni) It means mother. Lots of the Korean letters have final consonants. ㅎ+ㅏ+ㄴ+ㄱ+ㅜ+ㄱ= 한국 (han-gook) It means Korea. ㅎ+ㅏ+ㄴ+ㄱ+ㅡ+ㄹ= 한글 (han-geul) It means Korean … Continue reading
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Lesson 1: The Korean Alphabet is 24 Letters
A Korean letter is Hangul. ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ are consonants and ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ are vowels. Consonants: ㄱ sounds like g. ㄴ … Continue reading
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