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However, nonetheless

: however, nonetheless

Examples

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Korean is hard. Nonetheless its interesting!

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Im very tired. However I need to study.

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I hate working. Nonetheless I need money.

Explaining the reason for movement ~ V+()To let someone know what the reason or object of movement is we can use: V+(). We may

also use V+()or V+()for coming for and frequent for respectively.

Examples

Im going to meet my boyfriend.

Im going home to eat dinner.

Im going to the post office to mail a letter.

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I came to Korea to visit a friend.

N/? ~ Asking permissionThis is an expression used to ask whether N is possible/permitted in situations such as ordering ormaking an appointment.


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Examples

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Can I have orange juice?

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Is Sunday alright?

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Is credit card ok?

Adjectives

Examples

>small

>busy

Hesa busy person

Awful weather

? Do you have a bigger vase?

N+()~ Making a choiceTo say that youve made a decision (in a situation which requires you to choose from many), we use:

Noun+()

Examples

Ill have the bibimbap.

Ill have this one.

Ill take the roses.


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V+//~ May I? Its okay toVTo ask or give permission or consent, we can do the following:

1. If the verb stem ends inor, add -2. If the stem ends in , add -.3. If the stem ends in something else, add -.

Examples

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May I go now?

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May I drink this milk?

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Its okay to read the newspaper.

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May I try this on?

V+()/~I can, I cannotThe structure used to say you can do something is -().

Conversely, for saying you can not do something is -().

Simple!

Examples

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I can ski

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I can speak a little Korean

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Can you speak English?


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I cant play piano.

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I cant sleep.

Verb stems ending in When changing verb stems ending in to conversational form, the following rule applies:

1. If the vowel beforeis, changeto2. If the vowel beforeis something else, changeto

Examples

> to help

>to be difficult

>to lie down

>to dislike, hate

>to be beautiful

Note that there are exceptions to this rule also, such as:

to wear

to catch

to bite

Still, not yet and already

Quick and simple today !

First off, some vocabulary:

~ still, not yet

~ already

and some examples:


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Are you still hungry?

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Its already 3 oclock

Its already finished

I dont know yet

Shall we? ~ ()To ask whether you should do something together, or what a person thinks of something, we can add -

().

Examples

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Shall we sleep now?

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Shall we go home together?

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Do you think it will rain tomorrow?

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I wonder who this person is?

Making verbs into nouns continued ~ V+While you can transform verbs into nouns but using +as looked atbefore, you can also use -.

We add it to the verb stem when using present tense. For past tense we use -(), and for future

tense use -().
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For example, taking the base verb:

= what you studied

= what you study

= what you will study

Examples

I like receiving letters

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Where is it you are working recently?

Exercising is good for your health

Have to, should, must ~ V+//Creating a sentence about having to do something all depends on the verb stem:

Verb stems ending in or >Verb stem +

Verb stems ending in other vowels> Verb stem +

Verb stems ending in > Verb stem +

Note: Instead of usingyou can also substitute.

Examples

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have to/should/must sleep

>

should do

I have to go now


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