In English, a tag question is formed by stating a positive sentence followed by a negative question, or vice versa: In Korean, however, you don’t…
Koreans don’t call family members by their names, except between siblings or cousins. Of course, you call your children by the names you or your…
한국 Korea [ 대한민국 The Republic of Korea = South Korea +은(는) topic marker ] 당신을 [당신 you (mostly formal) +을(를) accusative case particle ]…
세상; 세계 world monde mondo mundo mundo Welt świat svět pasaulis світ 세상: the world of people that one experiences during one’s lifetime; human society…
It is not always easy to “play” a musical instrument if you are a beginner in Korean 😉 In general, Koreans use different verbs for…
Conjunctions are one of the most sensitive elements that determine the meaning of a sentence as a whole. There are two main differences between English…
Korean signature sound for speaking about the future is ㄹ. Conjugating a Korean verb in the future tense is a piece of cake. It is…
In Korea, a rainbow is simply an optical phenomenon caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of…
As with double consonants, two or more basic vowels form 11 “compound vowels” in Korean. In medieval Korean, some of them must have been diphthongs,…
In addition to 14 basic consonants, there are five “double” consonants formed by adjoining two of each unaspirated consonant ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, and ㅈ:…
메리 크리스마스, 여러분! 아기 예수님의 사랑이 모노빌리티® 그룹 멤버님들 모두의 마음에, 그리고 여러분의 가족과 나라에 가득하기를 기원합니다. 포근하고 행복한 성탄절 보내세요! [formal register, professional situations]…
Roaming in a country where yelling or even raising the voice in public is considered a social taboo, I have long forgotten that some ordinary…