Category: Korean grammar dictionary

V/A+ 는다/ㄴ다/다 싶다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb when the speaker exposes or decides on something based on his empirical recognition....

V/A+ 는/ㄴ다든가/다든가 V/A+ 는/ㄴ다든가/다든가 하다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to list more than two examples. 시간이 있을 때는 책을 읽는다든가...

V/A+ 을/ㄹ 리가 없다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to mean there’s no possibility or reason to do so. 영수는 약속이...

N으로는/로는 It is attached behind a noun to make a decision or insist on something based on that. 교수님의 말씀으로는 끊임없는 독서가 앞으로 할 연구에 큰 힘이 될 것이라고 하셨다....

V+ 음에/ㅁ에 따라 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to show the outcome in the following clause that happened because of the change of situation or...

V/A+ 겠거니 하다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to show the speaker presumes or concludes that one, of course, will do...

V+ 어/아/여 가면서 It is attached to the stem of an action verb when a behavior continues or repeats. 외국어 공부를 할 때는 사전을 찾아 가면서 공부합니다. When I study...

V+ 은/ㄴ 바에 의하면 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to reveal from where or how one got information. It is usually used in a formal...

V+ 어/아/여 대다 It is attached to the stem of an action verb when one repeats or does a behavior too severely. 아기가 밤새 울어 대서 한잠도 못 잤더니 하루...

V+ 으랴/랴 V+ 으랴/랴 It is attached to the stem of an action verb to show you are busy doing the works listed. You must list more than two behaviors....

N이었을/였을 줄이야. It is attached to a noun when a certain event, an object, or a person of the past was unexpected because they were unknown to the speaker at...

V/A+ 는다고/ㄴ다고/다고(인용) It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to use a maxim or a common saying as a reference before the speaker...

아침에 택시를 타고 보니 차 번호가 4444인 거예요. 왠지 꺼림칙했어요. I took a taxi in the morning and found the car number was 4444. I felt uncomfortable for some reason....

내가 가르치는 그 학생 알지? 공부에 흥미도 없는데 대학에 가겠대. Do you remember the student that I teach? He’s not interested in studying and he’s going to college. 어디 걔만...

있잖아. 우리 아이도 홈스쿨링(home-schooling)시킬까? How about, shall we also do home-schooling for our kid? 학교에 보내는 대신에 부모가 집에서 아이를 가르치는 거 말이야? Are you talking about parents teaching their...

그 뉴스 봤어요? 명문대 입시 설명회에 학부모들이 대거 몰려드는 바람에 발 디딜 틈이 없었대요. Did you see the news? A presentation on the entrance examination to a prestigious university was...

저는 조기교육에 찬성합니다. 특히 예체능의 경우에는 유아기에 배우기 시작해야 합니다. I’m in favor of early education. Especially art, music, and physical education should start in infancy. 저는 생각이 다릅니다. 아이가...

아이가 세 살이 되더니 말도 안 듣고 마음대로 못 하면 떼를 써요. My child is three years old and he doesn’t listen to me, also throws tantrums when he is...

드라마에서 어떤 어른이 아이에게 가정 교육을 제대로 못 받았다고 말하던데 그건 생활 습관이 나쁘다는 뜻이야? In a drama, an adult tells a child that he has not received proper home...

미선 씨, 집안일과 직장 일을 병행하느라고 힘들지요? Aren’t you tired of working and doing household at the same time, Mi-seon? 아니에요. 남편이 집안일이나 육아를 잘 분담해 줘서 괜찮아요. No, it’s...