Korean Phrasebook
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Korean
English (UK)- ____쪽____ side/direction
- - (는)다던데(요) -(이)라던데(요)ending very similar to -(는)대(요) and -(이)래(요), but implies that you want some kind of reaction or response from the listener
- - 대로( like ) the way -
- - 도even -
- - 만just -
- - 뿐only -
- - 에 갇히다to be locked in -
- - 에 취하다to be immersed in -
- - 자들- people
- - 한테 수작 부리다to hit on someone
- -(ᄂ/는)다verb ending for narrative present tense
- -(ᄂ/는)다면서(요)ending used when you want to show your surprise or dissatisfaction after finding out that what you thought was true is not the actual truth, or when you are just fact-checking what you heard
- -(ᄂ/은/는)다고요When you start a sentence with 그러니까 or 제 말 뜻은, you normally end the sentence with this (after verbs) to quote your point
- -(는)군요sentence ending used when you just realized or found out about something for the first time, mainly to express your realization
- -(았/었/였)으면 좋겠어요“it would be nice if...” / “I would like it if ...” / “I hope ...” / “I wish ...”.
- -(으)(시)는 건 어때요?How about doing ...?
- -(으)(시)ᄅ래요?Why don’t we do ...?
- -(으)ㄴ 것 같다ending used to express your opinion: "I think..."
- -(으)ㄴ 적 있어요used after verb stems to mean “I have done something before”, to talk about one’s experience
- -(으)ㄹ 거예요basic future tense
- -(으)ᄅ 겸ending used to express something or an action that has dual purposes or positions. It can be translated as “/ (slash)” or “and” when used with nouns, and as “(while doing something else) to d
- -(으)ᄅ 겸 해서요Sometimes, when people feel that just saying -(으)ᄅ 겸 is a little too short, they add this ending.
- -(으)ᄅ 기분이 아니다to be not in the mood for
- -(으)ㄹ 따름이다sentence ending used to express the meaning of “only” as in “we can only ...” or “what I did is just...” **Present / Future Tense**
- -(으)ㄹ 바에grammatical structure that means “situation” or “fact”