Category: Korean grammar dictionary

V/A + 을때가 되었다/ㄹ 때가 되었다 을때가 되었다/ㄹ 때가 되었다 used to indicate that there is sufficient time for a certain action or situation to occur. If the stem of an...

V+ 으면/면 V/A+ 을/ㄹ 줄 알았다 It is used when the expectation that the action of the preceding clause would result in the following clause but it’s wrong. For ‘-으면/면’,...

V+ 는다고/ㄴ다고 V+ 었/았/였는데 It is used to indicate that the speaker tried to do something, but the results were unclear or not as satisfactory as intended. You should repeat...

V + 으면어떡해요?, 면 어떡해요? V + 으면 어떡해요?/면 어떡해요? is used to scold the listener by saying in detail his behavior is wrong. This cannot be used with ‘-었’,...

과연 V/A+ 을까요/ㄹ까요? It is used to doubt and question the possibility of certain facts or behavior. If the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb ends with...

V/A + 으면/면 V+ 을/ㄹ 수 있다 V/A + 으면/면 V+ 을/ㄹ 수 있다 indicates that something is likely to happen in the following clause depending on the conditions or...

V+ 으러/러 가는데 It is used to ask a question or to propose to the listener while mentioning the purpose of the speaker moving to his destination in the preceding...

어떻게 V+ 어/아/여 드릴까요? It is used to politely ask about what the listener wants when the speaker is doing a behavior for the listener. It is often used in...

V+ 는 대로 V+ 을게요/ㄹ게요. It is used when the speaker expresses or promises to do something immediately after a task or situation.’-는 대로’ is attached to the stem of...

V/A+ 으니까/니까 V/A+ 더라. It is used to deliver new facts that the speaker came to know as a result of what he has seen or experienced in the past....

V/A+ 는다고/ㄴ다고/다고 하니까 V+ 을게요/ㄹ게요. It is used when the speaker expresses or promises his will to do something, citing what he has heard from others as a reason. For...

V+ 을/ㄹ 때마다 V/A+ 더라고요. It is used to tell the listener what the speaker has learned from repeated experiences. For ‘-을/ㄹ 때마다’, if the stem of an action verb...

V + 어/아/여 주셨으면 좋겠다 어/아/여 주셨으면 좋겠다 is attached to the stem of an action verb to politely ask for what the speaker wants. If the stem of an...

V/A + 을/ㄹ 줄 알았어요. 을/ㄹ 줄 알았어요 is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to indicate that the speaker had already expected the...

V/A + 는데/은데/ㄴ데 당연히 V/A + 었지/았지/였지. V/A + 는데/은데/ㄴ데 당연히 V/A+ 었지/았지/였지 indicates that the content of a following clause is inevitable in the situation of a preceding clause....

V/A+ (으)라는 말도 있잖아요. It is used to quote something that the listener may already know. It is often used when you propose a behavior to the listener. If the...

V+ 는다/ㄴ다 V+ 는다/ㄴ다 하는 게 V + 는다/ㄴ다 V+ 는다/ㄴ다 하는 게 is attached to the stem of an action verb to indicate that one had a persistent desire...

V/A + 으면/면 V/A+ 는다고/ㄴ다고/다고 말을 했어야지요. V/A + 으면/면 V/A+ 는다고/ㄴ다고/다고 말을 했어야지요 is used to blame or to express sadness to the listener for not telling a fact....

V/A+ 는/은/ㄴ 줄 알고 V+ 었다/았다/였다. It is used when the speaker finds out that he is ignorant of certain facts and has misbehaved. The speaker’s misconception comes in the...