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-받다【입다·당하다】receive 《an action》;suffer
주목받다 receive attention
협박받다 be threatened

싸움을 걸다 pick a quarrel with 《a person》;provoke 《a person》

안2 not ⇒아니1

Add comment May 7th, 2008

Contents: Korean Through English Book 1 Lesson 9

누구세요? Who is it?

We are going to learn about making questioning sentences and numbering system.

A. Vocabulary (어휘)

B. Pronunciation (발음)

1. 넣다[너타] : 넣으세요[너으세요]
2. 앉다[안따] : 앉으세요[안즈세요]
3. ‘ㅌ’ in front of ‘이’ is pronounced as ‘ㅊ’ : 같이[가치]

C. Grammar (문법)

1. verb stem +세요 (cf. p. 32)
(1) ‘-세요’ is an honorific imperative ending.
(2) It is used when the verb stem ends with a vowel.
(3) ‘어서 오세요’ is often used as a greeting to customers in stores or restaurants.
(4) ‘-셔요’ is also used but not as frequently as ‘-세요’.

2. verb stem + 으세요
(1) ‘-으세요’ has the same meaning as ‘-세요’.
(2) It follows verb whose root (verb stem) ends with a consonant.
(3) ‘-으셔요’ may be used in place of ‘-으세요.’

3. 같이 (sounds as 가치) together

4. 누구 who
누구세요? 누구예요? 누구요?

D. Korean Number System II (Pure Korean Numbers)

E. Conversation

1 comment May 15th, 2007

Conjugation Please!

• 좁다: (be) narrow;

우리 집은 좁다. We are cramped for room.

*** I am not sure why “좁다”is listed with the irregular verbs, because it’s an adjective. Does anyone have information on this?

Please reply with as many example sentences as possible. I would like to see many sentences using the word “좁다”. I would like to see many different uses for the word “좁다”. Present, past, future, polite, respectful, casual…let’s see them all.

THANKS!

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Irregular “ㄹ” verb

Irregular “ㄹ” verb

The advantage of this one is that the “ㄹ” just drops off. The disadvantage is that it’s tough to know when to keep it, and when to drop it. For irregular “ㄹ” verbs, the “ㄹ” drops when it come[s] before ㄴ, ㅂ, and ㅅ. Here is some practice for you:

No change before vowels:

어디 살아요?

But when you put it before ㄴ, like V는데, then there goes that ㄹ:

신촌에 사는데, 너무 시끄러워요. [I’m living in Sinchon, it’s very noisy.]

Same when it comes before a ㅅ, like when you add polite ending V(으) 세요:

혼자 사세요? [Do you live alone?]

Revere, Stephen 2005. Survival Korean, 224

http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/Irregular-Verbs.html

http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/Korean-Verbs.html

https://www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~awhyi/structures.htm

General Notes

·Adverbs do not conjugate… ever
·Verbs do not conjugate between pl and sing
·Time modifier go first
·-에는 ==> the place is the topic 도서관에는 책이 많습니다 (There are many books in the library)
·Verbs are either action or descriptive (copula)
·Copula verbs in positive do not necessarily require a subj marker
·When someone says 오십시오 (come), you say 예, 갑니다 (yes, i am going)
·시간이 있습니까? NOTE: this takes subj mark, not obj like usual
·셔 => [시요]
·오늘/어제/내일 take (으)ㄴ, not 에 as particle
·것이에요 => 거에요
·기분이 좋아요 => feeling is good, do NOT use행복
·A는 B와 같다 => A = B

Irregular verbs:

·ㅂ-irregular: 어렵다, 쉽다, 덥다, 춥다, 가깝다, 고맙다 cf. 좁다

·ㄷ-irregular: 묻다 ‘to ask’, 걷다, 듣다, cf. 받다, 묻다 ‘to bury’

·ㄹ-irregular: 멀다, 길다, 알다, 살다, 놀다

·으-irregular: 예쁘다, 크다, 바쁘다, 나쁘다

http://www.indiana.edu/~korean/K102/G7_8gr.html

한국 노래를 많이 아세요? Do you know a lot of Korean songs?
네, 좀 알아요. Yes, I know some.

부모님은 어디 사세요? Where do your parents live?
서울에 사세요. They live in Seoul.

집이 여기서 멉니까? Is your house far from here?
네, 좀 멀어요. Yes, it is a little far.

Add comment April 25th, 2007

에 vs. 로/으로 ?

가족이 뉴욕에 있습니다. = My family lives in New York.

믹국에서 왔습니다. = I am from the U.S.A.

경주가 어디에 있습니까? = Where is Kyeong-Ju?

경상도에 있습니다. = It’s in Kyeong-Sang-Do.

* Particle “-에” attaches to place nouns and denotes a place where a person or thing is. Many verbs such as, “있다, 없다, 계시다, 살다, 많다” can come after “-에”. “-에 – 이/가 있습나다” means that the subject noun preceding “-이/가” is located in the place noun preceding “-에”.

I’m going to school. = 학교에 갑니다.

I go to school everyday. = 날마다 학교에 갑니다.

My friend is coming to my house. = 친구가 우리집에 옵니다.

* This adverbial case particle attaches to nouns to show direction, in which case it is followed by verbs such as “가다, 오다, 돌아가다(to go back), 돌아오다(to come back), 나가다(to go out), 나오다(to come out) etc.” If the noun ends in a vowel or ㄹ, use -로, and if the noun ends in some other consonant than ㄹ, use -으로.

* This particle also indicates means, cause, reason, status, etc.

* It conjoins with a place noun and indicates the location where an action takes place.

** Some or most of the information above is from the text “Korean in 100 Hours (1)” ISBN 89-7141-653-X(03710)

************ Okay you guys! I am tired of typing now. I hope this helps you. I learned a lot from this effort too.

Add comment April 25th, 2007

Pick me up?

pick somebody up = ~를 데리러 오다.

Thus, 저의 친구 집에 저를 데리러 오십시요. is a
correct sentence.

Pick me up at my friend’s house now.

=> 저의 친구 집에 저를 지금 데리러 오십시요.

Pick me up over here.

=> 저를 이쪽으로 데리러 오십시요.

Pick me up here.

=> 저를 여기 데리러 오십시요.

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Korean Grammar

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Korean

Go to the above link or url and you will have a good starting point to answer your question. (Some links do not yield the information you might expect. Please click a different link as the others do work.)

There you will find:

Contents

1 Introduction
2 Alphabet
3 Grammar
4 Conversation
4.1 1급 (LEVEL I): Beginner
4.2 2급 (LEVEL II): High beginner
4.3 3급 (LEVEL III): Low intermediate
4.4 4급 (LEVEL IV): High intermediate
4.5 5급 (LEVEL V): Low advanced
4.6 6급 (LEVEL VI): Advanced
5 About this Book
5.1 About the Authors
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으로 : I have seen this used mostly with directions.

으로 by;with ⇒로
부산으로 가는 차 a train for Busan
맨주먹으로 with bare hands
배편으로 by ship
통역으로 as[in the capacity of] an interpreter
병으로 누워 있다 lie in bed with illness
연못으로 빠지다 fall into a pond
왼손으로 쓰다 write with the left hand
폐병으로 죽다 die of consumption
헌것을 새것으로 바꾸다 change an old thing to a new one

Good bye, see you tomorrow! 안녕, 내일 만나자!

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Wow, you really look great(beautiful) in that red blouse!

집을 구하셨다면서요? -I heard you found new house.

You are beautiful. 정말 아름답군.

You are very pretty. 너무 예뻐요.

red blouse 빨간블라우스

advice: ‘군’ suffix out of 아름답군 is usually used for showing a kind of exclamation(your feeling inside yourself), or for talking to yourself. I think mostly it is not used for talking with others. 정말 아름답군 is not wrong at all but sounds a little…different–; when you are talking with others. But if you say ‘군요=군+요’ to a senior guy, it works as you expect. a subtle difference(but not a big deal).

The examples below are all the familiar form. In the formal way, you can say: 빨간 블라우스 정말 잘 어울리시네요.

example 1: 이야(Wow), 그(that) 빨간 블라우스(red blouse) 너랑(to you, with you) 참(really) 잘(well) 어울린다(suit, match): Wow, that blouse are really going well with you.

example 2: 이야(Wow), 너(you) 빨간 블라우스(red blouse) 입으니까(wear) 정말(really) 예쁘다(looks pretty): Wow, you really looks great(beautiful) in that red blouse

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What is 한과 ?

한(Korean) 과(cookie)

자는 한과를 막지 않았습니다.

I have not eaten Korean cookies.

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목이 말라요. I’m thirsty.

식혜 :

(食醯) a sweet drink made from fermented rice

수정과 :

(水正果) a fruit punch (made of honey, dried persimmons, pine nuts and cinnamon)

I drink 식혜 and 수정과.저는 식혜를 그리고 수정과를 마십니다.

May I have 식혜 please?식혜를 주세요?

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