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Korean Phrasebook
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  • -고 있는 중이다to be in the middle of + Verb-ing
  • -고 있다ending used after verb stems to form present progressive sentences
  • -고는 했어요ending used to talk about something that you used to do regularly or habitually
  • -군데places, institutions *PURE
  • -권volume (book)
  • -기 쉽다To be easy to... (+ verb)
  • -기 어렵다to be difficult to... (+ verb)
  • -기 전에before verb-ing
  • -기(가) 불편하다to be inconvenient to + V
  • -기(가) 좋다to be good to + V
  • -기(에) 불편하다to be inconvenient for + V-ing
  • -기(에) 좋다to be good for + V-ing
  • -기가 무섭게When you say that something happens right after you do something, or even “as” you are doing it, you can say "verb + this ending"
  • -기가 바쁘게ending almost always interchangeable with -기가 무섭게
  • -기는Verb ending used when you want to make sentences like “I DID do it, but...” or “I DO like it, but...”
  • -기만 하면As long as...(Original literal translation = “if + S + only + V”)
  • -길래Verb ending that is used when you are talking about (1) doing something as a result of observation, (2) doing something as a result of judging a situation and (3) asking the reason/background
  • -까지until ...
  • -꼴at the rate of, per unit
  • -끼리privately, among themselves/ourselves, by themselves/ourselves, separately
  • -ㄴ/은 the conjugation you can use after a verb stem to modify a noun.
  • -ᄂ/은/는 편이다“rather / somewhat / tend to be + adjective", "on the adjective + side"
  • -나 보다to assume/ suppose/ guess
  • -네요verb ending added to express your surprise, impression, opinion or thought about something
  • -년years *SINO