Category Archives: Learn Korean

In Korean, particles go after subject and object unlike in English. We could classify them into several groups They are Subject Particle, Object Particle, Possessive Particle, Side by Side Particle, Place Particle and Toward Particle. I name them by the … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →