Honorific speech | 한국어의 높임말 Courtesy is one of the most essential aspects of Korean culture. Because of this, Korean has been called "the country of courteous people in the East(동방예의지국)"since long ago. This has been reflected in language use, which has led to development daldalkorean.com 높임 표현은 한국어의 대표적인 특징 중 하나로, 특히 청자높임(상대높임)은 화자(필자)와 청자(독자) 등의 관계에 따라 세밀하게 분별됩니다. Elevation system is one of the..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 10. 28. 14:56

한국어의 '자신'과 '자기'를 어떻게 쓸까요? Struggling with '자신' and '자기'? 1. '자기'와 '자신'이 주어로 사용될 때는 특별한 사람이 아닌 일반적인 대명사로 쓰입니다. When '자기' or '자신' is used as subject in a sentence, it is used as a general pronoun. 자기의 일은 자기가 해결해야 한다. One has to take care of one's own business. 자신의 책임은 자신이 져야 한다. The responsibility of oneself should be taken by oneself. 2. 대명사나 고유명사 바로 뒤에 붙어서 쓰일 때에는 그 사람을 강조하기 위해서 쓰입니다. 강조를 위해 쓰일 때..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 7. 17. 13:26

Honorific speech | 한국어의 높임말 Courtesy is one of the most essential aspects of Korean culture. Because of this, Korean has been called "the country of courteous people in the East(동방예의지국)"since long ago. This has been reflected in language use, which has led to development daldalkorean.com 한국어는 글을 쓸 때와 말을 할 때 각각의 표현 방법이 다릅니다. 글을 쓸 때 사용하는 말을 문어체라고 하고, 말을 할 때 사용하는 말을 구어체라고 합니다. Korean Language has d..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 5. 23. 09:04

Hi, guys. It's Teacher Joy. :D I heared many learners are confused with Korean passives. I was thinking that it would be helpful to list the most frequent passive patterns instead of just explaining their meanings. Help yourself! 지다 '지다' means 'to form' in the modern Korean language. There is a tendency for 지다 attached verbs to form verbs meaning transition to certain state(change). Following wo..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 3. 11. 17:20

행위 동사 행위 동사는 육체적이거나 정신적인 행위를 포함한 과정을 기술하는 동사이다. 이런 과정은 일정한 시간 동안 지속되며, 각각의 단계는 동일하다. 행위 동사는 본질적인 완성점을 가지지 않고 임의적인 종결점만을 가진다. (주어가 끝내고자 할 때 동작이 끝날 수 있으므로 본질적인 완성점이 없는 것!) Action verbs describe processes that involve physical or mental actions, which occur over a period of time and have identical stages, without having any inherent endpoint and only arbitrary endpoints. 순간 동사 순간 동사는 시작과 동시에 끝나며 동작..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 3. 7. 19:18

In Korean language, the counting words used for counting objects vary depending on what type of object is being counted. Typically, Korean native counting words count the number of items using Korean native numerals, while Sino-Korean counting words count suing Sino-Korean numerals, but this rule is not always counsistent. Just as a reference, here are the five categories of counting units. Memo..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 3. 6. 22:19

Courtesy is one of the most essential aspects of Korean culture. Because of this, Korean has been called "the country of courteous people in the East(동방예의지국)"since long ago. This has been reflected in language use, which has led to development of the language's honorific system. 주어 높임: Subject Honorific Subject honorific express deference towards the grammatical subject of the sentence. The most..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 2. 28. 21:11

Supportive verb(or Auxiliary verb) 있다 is the representative of continuity. So the pattern "-아/어 있다" and "-고 있다" are two sides of the same coing: "-어 있다" is used for continuous states while "-고 있다" is about continuous action. 유미가 앉아 있어요. / 유미가 앉고 있어요. Yumi is sitting down. / Yumi is (in the middle of) sitting down. 유미가 앉아 있었어요. / 유미가 앉고 있었어요. Yumi was sitting down. / Yumi was (in the middle of) s..

Knowledge/Grammar 2023. 2. 21. 22:07

도 cannot occur with the subject marker 이/가 or the object marker 을/를 - if 도 is used to mark the subject or object it must replace rather than occur alongside these markers/particles. 도 can be said to have the basic meaning: 'too', 'also', 'as well'. A: 사과를 사자. (Let's buy apples.) B: 바나나도 사자. (Let's buy bananas too.) A: 저는 냉면을 시킬게요. (I'll order iced noodles.) B: 저도요. (Me too.) 이것은 한국 제품이에요. 저것도 한국..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 11. 3. 12:51

Korean Passives and Causatives Passives In a passive-voice sentence, make the object of the sentence the subject and don't worry too much about who did the action. For instance, let's take the sentence: "He did his homework." In the passive voice, this would become "His homework was done." Alternatively, let's try "The mother lugged the child." In the passive, it changes to "The child was hugged..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 28. 20:38

Term Korean Term Meaning Noun 명사 A word that names an object, person or place Action verb (=verb) 동사 A word that tell you what someone or something does Descriptive verb (=adjective) 형용사 A word that describes what someone or something is Adverb 부사 A word that describes how something is done Pronoun 대명사 A shorthand for a noun Directional verb - A word that describes the action of going or coming ..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 28. 19:50

-게 되다 This pattern is used to express a final result that comes about from a change in state, opinion or plan that often goes contrary to the speaker's original expectations or is outside of the speaker's control. This commonly translates into English as 'it turned out that', 'things worked out in such a way that' or 'I came to understand/realize/believe/etc. that': 재미있게 됐어요. I turned out to be ..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 24. 14:53

When it comes to the pronunciations, you do not need to know the meanings! 발음 연습을 할 때 의미까지는 몰라도 괜찮아요! Palatalization of ㄷ & ㅌ When ㄷ or ㅌ occurs before the vowel ㅣ, the pronunciation becomes 'palatalized'. Basically, tgus means that ㄷ and ㅌ change to ㅈ and ㅊ respectively. Note however, that this change only occurs when the ㄷ or ㅌ is at the end of a word or stem and the ㅣ is part of a suffix, ver..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 21. 15:28

출처: 한국어 학습 학습자용 어미 조사 사전, 501-508. ㄱ 조사 결합 정보 예문 과는 과 + 는 꿈은 현실과는 다르다. 과도 과 + 도 분홍색은 파란색과도 잘 어울려요. 과만 과 + 만 그 옷은 검정색과만 입지 마. 과의 과 + 의 미국과의 협력 관계를 유지해야만 한다. 까지가 까지 + 가 그 사람 말은 어디까지가 사실이에요? 까지나 까지 + 나 언제까지나 사랑할 거예요. 까지는 까지 + 는 늦어도 토요일까지는 과제를 제출하세요. 까지도 까지 + 도 한자까지도 배워요. 까지로 까지 + 로 이번 업무는 올해 말까지로 합시다. 까지를 까지 + 를 유미는 백까지를 셀 수 있다. 까지만 까지 + 만 찌개 나올 때까지만 기다리세요. 까지밖에 까지 + 밖에 피도가 높아서 앞에 보이는 섬까지밖에 못 가요. 까..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 19. 13:30

참고: 유현경(1998), 한국어 형용사 연구, 164-183. 형용사 & 동사 예문 (examples) 만나다 to meet 저는 친구를 만났어요. 저는 {친구하고, 친구랑, 친구와} 만났어요. 저는 영희하고 철수를 만났어요. 결혼하다 to get married 영희는 철수하고 작년에 결혼했어요. 저는 내년에 남자친구랑 결혼할 거예요. 같다 same, such as 이 책이랑 같은 책을 사고 싶어요. 저는 우리 엄마(와*) 같은 좋은 엄마가 될 거예요. *omitted 똑같다 exactly the same 이 옷 색깔하고 저 구두 색깔이 똑같아요. 쌍둥이는 얼굴이 서로 똑같아요. 사귀다 to get along with, to go out with 영희하고 철수가 사귀어요. 영희는 철수하고 사귀어요. 어..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 17. 18:20

'ㅡ' 탈락 동사와 형용사 ('ㅡ'dropping) When a stem that ends with vowel 'ㅡ' and the vowel comes after the stem, vowel 'ㅡ' drops.When there is binding ending '으' coming after the stem, the sound of 'ㅡ' and '으' are duplicated and the ending '으' is omitted. 동사 & 형용사-아/어요-ㅂ/습니다-았/었어요-ㄹ/을 거예요-아/어서-(으)면-고아프다sick아파요아픕니다아팠어요아플 거예요아파서아프면아프고예쁘다pretty예뻐요예쁩니다예뻤어요예쁠 거예요예뻐서예쁘면예쁘고바쁘다busy바빠요바쁩니다바빴어요바쁠 거예요바빠서바쁘면바쁘고슬프다sad슬..

Knowledge/Grammar 2022. 10. 14. 22:44