Just the Two of Us Missing Each Other - 그리운 사람끼리; Advanced Expressions of Numbers and Colors I
Numbers 1 and 2 Every student of Korean knows that 하나 means “one” in Korean. But did you know 하나 as an adverb can also…
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How I Wish to Go - 가고파 by 이은상
Do you live, by any chance, far away from your hometown? Do you often miss your hometown? If so, no matter where you live now,…
미소를 띄우며; Conditional Sentence: If…, … would … = -다면, …-ㄹ텐데”
Subjunctive (or conjunctive) mood is one of the features of European languages that often perplex Korean speakers. In Korean, there is no such thing as…
That's How I am - 그게 나야; I Wonder …ㄴ지
The English word “wonder” as a verb has such a wonderful meaning: to be curious, to want to know. In Korean, the same act of…
Childish Adult - 어른 아이; Past Tense II
How do you know somebody is talking about the past? In Korean, “ㅆ” in the final position of a verb is a surefire way to…
March 1st Korean Independence Movement in 1919; By the Creek 개여울 by 김소월; Modern Boy (2008)
About 80 years ago, none of you would have been able to learn Korean and 한글, even if you had traveled to, and lived in…
Like I’m Your Last - 마지막처럼; Simile in Korean II”
-처럼 is one of the ways to make a direct comparison (simile) in Korean. In English, it corresponds to the preposition “like,” or to the…
Les exemples minimalistes de la conjugaison des verbes coréens dans une chanson; "미워요 Je t'en veux" de 백지영
Le verbe 보다 est sans doute le mot le plus couramment utilisé dans le vocabulaire coréen. Il fait référence à des activités liées aux «…
But at Any Time, Anytime - 무시로: Non-Sentence-Final Ending -인데
Unlike English, Korean clauses sometimes use verb endings that do not actually END a sentence. Such Non-Sentence-Final Endings often sound like they have finished the…
Mimetic Words 반짝반짝 깜짝깜짝
Do you want to sound more like a Korean when you speak Korean? Then learn how to use 의태어 (Mimetic words). Ah, those funny-sounding adverbs…
