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  • -(을) 것 같아요future tense ending for "I think"
  • -(이)나"or" (linking 2 nouns... noun + or + noun)
  • -(이)나or / no less than
  • -(이)라도ending added to mean: any choice is fine
  • -(이)라도ending added to: show suspicion about a certain possibility
  • -(이)라도ending added to mean: something is suggested but is not the best out of all choices
  • -(이)라도ending added to: emphasize the number or quantity and add the meaning of “even”
  • -(이)라면서(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
  • -(이)란Shortened version of -(이)라􏰀는 것은
  • -(이)라􏰀는 것은...“the thing that is called” or “what they call ...”.
  • -(이)라􏰋니까(요)ending to say things like “I said so!”, “I told you!”, “I told you that this is...”, or “I said that I am ...”, repeating and emphasizing what you have already said before
  • -(이)􏰀라고요When you start a sentence with 그러니까 or 제 말 뜻은, you normally end the sentence with this (after nouns) to quote your point
  • -가지item, thing, type
  • -갑packs (of 담배, cigarettes) *PURE
  • -같은-같이 changed to form an adjective (does not work for -처럼)
  • -같이particle (used after noun) that means "like + noun". E.g. like a robot”, “like a Korean girl” etc.
  • -개piece; item *PURE
  • -개월months *SINO
  • -거나"or" (linking 2 verbs... verb + or + verb)
  • -게 되다to get to do something, to gradually do something
  • -게 되어 있다to be destined to do something, to be bound to be in a certain state
  • -겠Suffix used to ask someone’s intention, to express what you are going to do, to talk about something that will happen, to show your assumption about something, or to talk about possibilities
  • -고 말다sentence ending used to express how a certain action comes to an end or is completed after going through a series of events
  • -고 싶다verb ending used to express “I want to”
  • -고 싶어요(I) want to (do something)