Simile in Korean
Adverbial predicate: A-처럼 / A-같이 (… like A) => Followed by a verb or an adjective. 남남처럼 살아가다 = Keep living like strangers 꽃처럼…
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Even If You Don't Find It, Come Back - 찾지 못해도 와
찾다 can mean various things depending on contexts, but mostly it means 1) Find, or 2) Look for. English and other European languages have separate…
Please Just Forget Me - 날 그만 잊어요
그만 is such a mysteriously difficult Korean adverb that it deserves an honorary mention here. In many sentences, it means “stop” doing something, so it…
Graffiti of Love; -서 vs. -면서
Korean is an agglutinative language. It is of paramount importance to pay attention to ENDINGS of verbs and adjectives in Korean, since they work like…
Are You Hearing, All This Story of Mine? - 듣고 있나요 나의 이 모든 얘기를
그가 그렇게 얘기한 것 같아요. = It seems that he said so. 그거 이제 알 것 같아요. = I think I understand that now. 이…
제발 = Please???
In English, as in some other languages, saying the word “please” is one of the few ways to make you sound more polite and respectful,…
Koreans Modify Before; English, After
In English, to modify a noun with a clause, you say a relative pronoun (which, who, what, that, whom, when, where) AFTER the noun, followed…
Korean Way to Say Goodbye
Educated Koreans are supposed to follow good manners even when they part and bid farewell. There are four major elements to include when you say…
Can / Cannot in Korean
It is very easy to say you “can” in Korean, if you already know how to conjugate the verb in future tense. Yes, just add…
Past Tense in Korean: -ㅆ
How do you say things in past tense in Korean? It’s very simple for most verbs. For example, many Korean verbs end in 하다. Just…
