Korean Learn (Level 3 part 19)

There are a few different ways to say “after -ing” in Korean. Through this lesson, we will introduce the three most common ways to say it.

These three expressions all share a common structure:

-(으)ㄴ + 다음에

-(으)ㄴ + 후에

-(으)ㄴ + 뒤에

These three all mean “after -ing”. Let’s look at the key nouns

다음 [da-eum] = next time, next

(i.e. 다음 주 = next week)

후 [hu] = after

(i.e. 오후 = afternoon)

뒤 [dwi] = behind, back

(i.e. 등 뒤 = behind the back)

The “-(으)ㄴ” part indicates that the action has been done, so it is already in the past tense form. After before this, you put the verb steam.

Verb stem + -(으)ㄴ + 다음(or 후/뒤)에 = after -ing

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 18)

In this lesson, we are looking at how to say “nothing but” or “only” in Korean. We already introduced one expression that means “only” in Level 2 Lesson 15, which is -만 [-man].

The expression we are introducing in this lesson consists of two parts:

“밖에 + negative verb conjugation”

The way this works is similar to saying “nothing else but” or “do not do anything other than” in English.

밖 [bakk] = outside, outdoors

밖에 [bakke] = outside something, other than something, out of the range of something

밖에 [bakke] + negative verb conjugation = ONLY + verb

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 17)

In this part, we are introducing an expression that means “in order to”, “in order for”, or “for the sake of”. The key word in the expression is 위하다 [wi-ha-da].

위하다 [wi-ha-da] means “to make efforts for something/someone” or “to dosomething to best benefit someone”, but it is rarely used as is without being changedto another form.

위해 = 위해서 = in order to/for

위하다 is rarely used and it is changed to forms like “위해” or “위해서” to mean “in order to”, “in order for”, or “for the sake of”.

위해 = 위하여

위해서 = 위하여서

Sometimes, you will see 위하여 instead of 위해. 위하여 is the original conjugation form but ineverybody language, 위하여 is shortened to 위해 (both in written and spoken languages) forthe ease of pronunciation.

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 16) [let's]

안녕하세요!

Sometimes when you want to do things with other people, you will say thingslike “Let’s go.” “Let’s do it.” or “Let’s start.”

Today in this part, let’s look at how to say “let’s” in Korean.There are a few different ways to say this in Korean:

1. -아/어/여요 [polite/plain]
2. -(으)시죠 [honorific]
3. -자 [informal]
4. -(으)ㄹ래요? [polite/casual]
5. -(ㅇ)실래요? [polite/formal]

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 15) [geureomyeon-in that case]

안녕하세요!
Welcome back to another lesson on conjunctions!
Today we are introducing a conjunction that means “in that case” or “if so”.

그러면 [geu-reo-myeon] = in that case, if so, then

Do you remember -(으)면?

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 14)

In the previous lesson, we looked at how to conjugate descriptive verbs and make adjectivesin Korean. You are now familiar with the fact that Korean and English have different systemswhen it comes to using adjectives. But that’s not it. In this lesson, let us look at how to makeadjectives out of verbs.

Again, “adjectives” are a part of speech that modifies nouns (usually) in front of them (i.e.“good” in “good idea” and “awesome” in “awesome music”). And in Korean, not only descriptiveverbs but also “action verbs” can be used as adjectives, or more precisely, used in the form ofadjectives.

Example of descriptive verbs used as adjectives

Nice person (nice + person)
= descriptive verb 좋다 +

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 13)

Korean and English are different in many ways, but one of the key differences is that in Korean, “adjectives” also take the form of “verbs”. For example, if you say “beautiful” in English, that isan adjective and you can look it up in the dictionary, but in Korean, you can only find 예쁘다

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 12) [그래도 - geu-rae-do]

We have introduced a few different conjugations so far through our previous lessons, and todaywe have one more interesting conjugation word to introduce.

The word is 그래도 [geu-rae-do].

(In Level 2 Part 3, we introduced 그래서 [geu-rae-seo],

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 11) [ㅂ irregular]

You have learned a lot about Korean verbs so far - conjugations, rules, etc. But just like manyother languages, Korean has some irregularities as well, which people started using more andmore often so they have become a fixed rule now.

Korean has much fewer verb irregularities than some other languages do, but you will encounter these irregularities everywhere as you learn and speak Korean. We would like tointroduce one of them in this lesson.

ㅂ irregular

This mean that if verbs have ㅂ at the end of their verb stems, and they are followed by a suffixthat starts with a vowel, the ㅂ part will change to

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 10) [before -ing]

In this part, we are going to learn how to say “before -ing” in Korean. As with many Korean expressions and prepositions, the order is the opposite from English. In English, the word“before” goes before the clause or the word, but in Korean this part goes after.

The key letter here is 전 [ jeon]. The Chinese character for 전 is 前 and it means “before,” “front,”or “earlier”. To this noun, you add the particle -에 [-e] to make it a preposition.


전에 = before (+ noun)

수업 전에 [su-

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 9) [similar...... with verbs]

In the previous lesson, we looked at how to use 같아요 [ga-ta-yo] after nouns to mean “it looks like” or “it seems to be” something.

Examples:
커피 같아요. [keo-pi ga-ta-yo.] = It looks like coffee. / I think it’s coffee.

저 사람 소연 씨 같아요. [ jeo sa-ram so-yeon ssi ga-ta-yo.] = That person looks like So-yeon. / I think that person is So-yeon.

In the examples above, both 커피

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 8) [similar... with noun]

Now, we are going to look at how to say that something is like or looks like something
else. (i.e. “You are like an angel,” “This looks like coffee,” or “You are like my teacher.”)

First, let’s look at how to say that something is similar to something else.

비슷하다 [bi-seu-ta-da] = to be similar
- Present tense: 비슷해요 [bi-seu-tae-yo] = it is similar

In order to say that A is similar to B, you need to use a particle that means “with” or “together
with”, which is -랑 or -하고.

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 7) [so.....]

Now, we are going to look at another verb ending that you can use to connect two or more verbs in one sentence. We learned the verb ending -고 [-go] in one of our previous part; -고 [-go] is used to connect independent actions and states together in one sentence, but they do not necessarily have a strong logical relation to each other.

On the other hand, the verb ending we are looking at in this lesson, -아/어/여+서, is a verb
ending that can show logical relation between the verbs.

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 6) [Will vs Will]

Through our previous Part, we have learned how to use the future tense. Now, we are introducing one more way of talking about a future action and looking at how the two ways of talking about the future are different.

-(으)ㄹ 거예요 vs. -(으)ㄹ게요

If you pronounce -(으)ㄹ 거예요 [-(eu)l geo-ye-yo] very quickly, it sounds similar to -(으)ㄹ게요
[-(eu)l-ge-yo], so a lot of beginner-level

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 5) [About : aproximately : around]

In this part, we are going to look at how to say “approximately” or “about” when you talk
about quantity, frequency, time, etc. There are many different ways you can say this in Korean,
but the most commonly used expression is 쯤 [ jjeum].

In English, “about”, “approximately”, and “around” are used BEFORE nouns. However, in Korean,
the word 쯤 [ jjeum] is used AFTER nouns.

Examples
1 o’clock = 한 시 [han si]

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 4) [shall we? ; I Wonder...]

There are times when you want to invite others to do something with you and ask “shall we do this together?” and there are also times when you are making assumptions and ask yourself or others “I wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow” or “what will he say to that?”

In Korean, you can use the same sentence ending for both of these purposes and more!

-(으)ㄹ까요? [-(eu)l-kka-yo?]

Usage #1

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 3) [on, under, next to]

This is a part where we will be looking at how to describe relative locations of things and people.

First of all, let’s look at how to ask where something or someone is. The word for “where” is 어디 [eo-di] and the word for “to be” is 있다 [it-da]. So for the present tense, you can ask “어디 있어요?” [eo-di i-sseo-yo?].

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 2) [-go]

Now, everyone, it’s time to start looking at more ways to make compound sentences in Korean.

Of course there are many different ways to make compound nouns depending on what you want to say, but in this lesson, we are looking at how to use the verb ending -고 [-go].

-고 [-go]

What does -고 do?
Do you remember the conjunction, 그리고 [geu-ri-go]?

Yes, 그리고 means “and” or “and then” in Korean, and when

Korean Learn (Level 3 part 1) [neomu]

Welcome to Level 3 and congratulations on making it through to the 3rd level. In Level 3, we will be building upon what we’ve already introduced through Level 1 and Level 2, as well as reviewing some grammar points that we already covered in the previous levels.
 
Today, we are looking at a word that is very commonly used in everyday Korean not only for its original

Vocabulary of 100% Korean Dialog Based On Level 2

Vocabulary Breakdown

이번 [ibeon] = this time
토요일 [toyoil] = Saturday
뭐 [mwo] = what
하다 [hada] = to do
일하다 [ilhada] = to work
-도 [-do] = too, also