Category: Korean grammar dictionary

V/A+ 어서/아서/여서 V+ 으려고요/려고요. It is used to talk about the speaker’s intention or purpose with his reason. For ‘-어서/아서/여서’, if the stem of an action verb or a descriptive...

V/A+ 으면/면 N이/가 가능하다 It is used to propose the condition that can make the situation in the following clause possible in the preceding clause. For ‘-으면/면’, if the stem...

V + 을까/ㄹ까 하는데 어때요? It is used to suggest or inquire about certain behavior when you want to do that although you are not that certain about it. For...

어쩌면 그렇게 V/A+ 어요/아요/여요? It is used to tell in admiration that a newly recognized behavior or condition is very so. ‘그렇게’ can be replaced with ‘이렇게 or ‘저렇게’ depending...

V + 고도 남다 고도 남다 is attached to the stem of an action verb to emphasize one has enough possibility, qualification, and ability to do something. 민수 씨 정도...

V+ 을/ㄹ 걸 괜히 V+ 었다/았다/였다 It is used when you regret choosing the second behavior but not the one mentioned first. For ‘-을/ㄹ 걸’, if the stem of the...

V+ 는 둥 마는 둥 하다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb when someone is not working hard or doing it properly. 제 동생에게 아무리 충고를...

어차피 V+ 을/ㄹ 텐데 뭐 하러 It is used to mean that the behavior of the following clause is of no use because the result is almost certain. Usually, a...

V+ 으면/면 V+ 었지/았지/였지 It is used to express that the speaker is not going to choose that at the end but he is stubborn enough to choose such an...

A+ 은/ㄴ 감이 있다 It is attached to the stem of a descriptive verb to show the speaker’s decision. It is used by the speaker to additionally show that the...

V/A+ 다는 것 자체 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to make the content in the preceding sentence a noun form while...

V/A+ 는다고/ㄴ다고/다고 해서 V/A+ 는/은/ㄴ 것은 아니다 It is used to mean that it doesn’t always go with all cases to other people’s words or common facts. It’s a combination...

V+ 을/ㄹ 만큼 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean one is doing the behavior of the following clause to such a degree or his...

V/A+ 다 보니 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to express the result in the following clause that happened due to an...

V/A+ 는/은/ㄴ 걸 보면 V/A+ 는/은/ㄴ 게 틀림없다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb to show that the result assumed based on what...

N에 비추어 보다 It is attached to a noun to propose that it’s standard for evaluation or decision of the following clause. 일반적인 상식에 비추어 보면 너의 행동이 옳았다고 보이지는...

V+ 게끔 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean the content of the preceding clause is the goal, result, or method of the following clause....

안 V/A+ 는/은/ㄴ 데가 없을 정도로 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb to mean ‘to the extent that all will be/does so’. It’s...

V+ 으려고/려고 들면 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to mean ‘if one behaves actively with such intention’. It is used when one behaves more actively...

V/A+ 을/ㄹ 테지만 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or descriptive verb when the speaker presumes and proposes a different or possible situation to emphasize the...