Korean Phrasebook
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Korean
English (UK)- -(으)ㄹ 뻔 했어요used after verb stem to mean that something “almost happened” or that you “almost did” something.
- -(으)ᄅ 생각은 없다to not intend to do something
- -(으)ᄅ 수 밖에 없다to have no other choice but to do something
- -(으)ㄹ 수 있다verb ending that is used to express “can” or “be able to”.
- -(으)ㄹ 수도 있다structure used when you want to say that something “might” or “could” happen
- -(으)ㄹ 예정이에요future tense ending that means you are scheduling something
- -(으)ᄅ 줄 알다to know/think that someone will do something... expresses your knowledge or assumption about a future action or state.
- -(으)ㄹ 테니(까).This ending is used often in situations where one person wants, or asks, the other person to do something.
- -(으)ᄅ 텐데요added after Noun + -만 아니면 + Verb stem to mean "I would..."
- -(으)ㄹ게요basic future tense (looking for reaction / as a reaction)
- -(으)ㄹ까 보다structure used to express concern, the reason for a decision, or an inclination to do something.
- -(으)ㄹ까 생각 중이에요 added to verb stem to mean “I am thinking” or “I am in the middle of a thought”
- -(으)ᄅ까 하는데, 어떻게 생각하세요?I’m thinking of ...ing. What do you think?
- -(으)ㄹ까 해요has the same meaning as -(으)ᄅ까 생각 중이에요 (shortened)
- -(으)ㄹ지도 몰라요ending added to mean that you MIGHT do something or something MIGHT happen
- -(으)려고 해요used after verb stems to express one’s intention to do something or when something seems about to occur
- -(으)ᄆverb ending which can be used to simplify the structure of a sentence that would otherwise be a bit more complicated.
- -(으)면verb ending for “if”
- -(으)면if
- -(으)면 좋겠어요“it would be nice if...” / “I would like it if ...” / “I hope ...” / “I wish ...”. **present tense form**
- -(으)면서structure that can be translated to English as “while”
- -(으/느)ㄴ 기분이 들다 a feeling enters (???)
- -(으/느)ㄴ 대로grammatical structure used when you want to describe how something is done in the same way as another action or remains in the same state as the current one
- -(으/느)ㄴ 이상structure used to mean that the preceding clause is a fact that makes the following clause something that’s naturally expected or supposed thing to happen.
- -(으/느)ᄂ지 잘 모르겠어요I’m not sure if ...