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  • -아/어/여 버리다structure used to talk about a completed action and express your feelings about the situation at the same time
  • -아/어/여 보이다how to say that something or someone “seems” to be in a certain state or “looks” a certain way **added to verb stem**
  • -아/어/여 봤어요ending used to say “I’ve tried doing something before” or “I have done something before”
  • -아/어/여야 되다you can use this ending to express “have to”, “should” or “must”
  • -아/어/여요same as the plain present tense, but it can be used to form “Let’s” sentences as well
  • -았/(이)었/였죠?this ending is basically the same as -이었/였지? but is in the 존댓말 form
  • -았/(이)었/였지? This ending basically has the same usage and construction as -더라?. So this can be used interchangeably with -더라?
  • -았/었/였 + -(으)ㄹ 따름이다sentence ending used to express the meaning of “only” as in “we can only ...” or “what I did is just...” **Past Tense**
  • -았/었/였어요basic past tense
  • -았/었/였었어요ending sometimes used to emphasize that one “had” done something in the past or before another action/state **instead of -았/었/였**
  • -어 있다Added to passive voice structure to make the meaning "to have been put into a certain state (by someone) and stay that way"... expresses the state that the subject is in as a result of the pa
  • -에 데려가다to take someone to -
  • -에 따라서 다르다longer version of -에 따􏰀라 다르다
  • -에 따라􏰀 다르다"It depends on..."
  • -에 비해서expression meaning "compared to (something)" / "as opposed to something"
  • -에게for, to, by (someone) (writing only)
  • -여more than, over, and more, in excess of, odd
  • -원won currency
  • -월months of the year *SINO
  • -으세요imperative verb ending, added to verbs ending in a consonant
  • -을 거예요standard future tense verb ending, with the nuance of "I will do this regardless of what other people say", fixed future plan
  • -을 때ending that expresses when you do something
  • -을 때는ending used to show contrast between two things you do / situations
  • -을 수 있다refers to one’s actual “capability” of doing something
  • -을 줄 모르다to not know how to + V, to not be able to + V