Category: Korean grammar dictionary

V+ 으실래요/실래요?² It is usually used in close relationships to ask the listener’s intention to do an action with slight respect. 여기에 앉으실래요? Would you like to sit here? 심심하면...

같이 V+ 을래요/ㄹ래요? It is usually used in close relationships to express suggestions to the listener about doing things together or asking for opinions.  When the action verb stem ends...

N 때 It is used to indicate the time during which a thing or an event in the latter clause occurs. 방학 때 아르바이트를 했어요. I did a part-time job...

V/A+ 네요. It is used to inform listeners of the facts or the feelings that the speaker has newly learned at the time of speaking. 저기 흐엉 씨가 오네요. There...

N에⁴ N It is used to indicate the noun attached to it is a measuring basis for price or calculation. Learn more about: N에¹ N이/가 있어요. Indicate the location of...

N만 It is used to indicate a limitation to its preceding noun.  When a noun ends in ‘이/가’ or ‘을/를’, use ‘만’ after omitting ‘이/가’ or ‘을/를’. When a noun...

N이/가³ 되다 It is used to indicate that the preceding noun turns into the latter noun. Learn more: N은/는 N이/가¹ 아니에요. It is the negation of ‘N은/는 N이에요/예요’. N이/가² N이에요/예요....

N으로/로³ A noun before ‘으로/로’ indicates a means or a method. 저는 이름을 볼펜으로 썼어요. I used a ballpoint pen to write my name. 아이가 밥을 숟가락으로 먹습니다. A child...

V+ 을/ㄹ 줄 몰라요. It is used to indicate the inability to do something by not knowing how. 제 외국인 친구는 한글을 읽을 줄 몰라요. A foreign friend of mine...

V+ 을/ㄹ 줄¹ 알아요. It is used to indicate the ability to do something by knowing how. 아이가 옷을 혼자 입을 줄 알아요. A child knows how to dress himself....

N 중이다 It is used to indicate that something is going on, and not finished. 공부 중입니다. I am studying. 회의 중이에요. I am in the meeting now. 외출 중입니까?...

V/A+ 으니까/니까 V+ 을게요/ㄹ게요. It is used to show that the former clause is the reason for what the speaker will do in the latter clause of the sentence. 요즘...

V+ 을/ㄹ 수 있다 It is used to express that there is an ability or possibility to do something.  When the verb stem ends in a consonant, use ‘-을 수...

V+ 을/ㄹ 수 없다 It is used to express that there is no ability or possibility to do anything. 저는 이렇게 많은 음식을 혼자 먹을 수 없어요. I can’t eat...

N한테 It is the colloquial expression for ‘에게’. 남동생한테 자주 전화를 합니다. I often call my younger brother. 집주인한테 월세를 냈어요. I paid monthly rent to the landlord. 여동생한테 생일...

N 아니에요? It is used to confirm what the speaker knows or guesses to the listener. 보고서 마감 날짜가 오늘 아니에요? Isn’t the deadline for the report today? (전화로) 거기...

V/A+ 지요? It is used to confirm the information or the fact that the speaker already knows with confidence. Use ‘-지요’ after the verb stem, and use ‘이지요’ after the...

V/A+ 으면/면 It is used to show that the former clause is the condition or assumption in the latter clause of the sentence.  When the verb stem ends in a...

V/A+ 지요? It is used to confirm the information or the fact that the speaker already knows with confidence. Use ‘-지요’ after the verb stem, and use ‘이지요’ after the...

V+ 기 전에 It is used to show that another thing happens before something happens. 친구가 오기 전에 청소를 했어요. I cleaned up before my friend came. 해외여행을 가기 전에...