The fourth and last part to my quoting series. We’ll learn to quote suggestions - “let’s..” type sentences

There are two separate lessons in this blog that you need to read to get the full picture. First I want to introduce you to the suffixes you need to know: Irregular passive verbs with (-이/히/리/기-) suffix = to be V-ed Irregular passive verbs with (-이/히/리/기) suffix are used to express a passive statement when the subject‘s action occurs because of an action directly/indirectly performed by someone else/something = to be V-ed

심심하다 and 지루하다 often get translated as the same thing in English - “Boring”. It’s for that reason that you’ll hear many non-English speakers say “I’m boring”, when they want to say “I’m bored”. To prevent you from making that same mistake in Korean, let’s take a second to peep the difference.

Quoting lesson part 3. This time, we’ll learn to quote commands in Korean. Commands include the forms: 으세요, 지 마세요, and 아/어 주세요. There are 4 different forms to be aware of. (으)라고, 지 말라고, 아/어 달라고, and 아/어 주라고. Practice is also included.

겠 has 2 main usages. The first being a simple future tense one. In comparison with 것이다 ending, 겠 is focused more personally on intention.

In today’s lesson, we’ll learn the basic quoting forms for verbs, adjectives, and nouns and their respective tenses. Making indirect quotes in Korean can be a bit confusing, but only because there are different forms for everything.

A short dialogue themed around Summertime AND a big list of words relating to Summer!

These words are similar, but can’t be used interchangeably. I’ll break down the usages of each word with lots of examples

In this lesson, we’ll be introducing vocab and expressions used often in context of dieting and fitness. First, I’ll introduce the full list and then show how those words might be used in context!

던데요 is a very common Korean ending used when you're recalling or mentioning something you personally experienced, observed, or remember. Translated as: "I remember that...", "From what I saw...", "Actually...", "But I noticed that..."

안녕하세요 리더님! This will be a pretty short post. You can think of it as more of a a cultural post than a post about the language only. I don’t know if i’m the only one who has noticed this phenomenon, but I realized that Koreans will always try to avoid using the word BAD (나쁘다) if they can help it. Instead they often opt for just making a positive word negative - not good, for example. BUT WHY? This happens for several reasons: 1). Korean communication often values indirectness D

안녕하세요 리더님! Koreanstudyjunkie입니다~ In this lesson, we’ll be learning some useful words and phrases for cleaning in Korean. I’m going to also add lots of example sentences and a dialogue at the end to showcase how to use them! Typically, I recommend against learning from a random list on the internet. It’s not that effective for actually acquiring those words. It’s better to pull words from things you are watching or reading - context is key! How should you do it? If you still w

This vs That series | There are 3-4 ways to say “always” in Korean, but knowing when to use them can be tricky!

This is used when you are realizing something, and (potentially) surprised by that information. There’s no real direct translation in Engli

Is 있다 an adjective? Or is it a verb? It seems like it should be obvious, but.. it means “to have” or “to exist”. You’d think..

In English, when you want to talk about the number or amount of something which is not 100% accurate, or is a rough guess, words like ‘about

It is used when two actions happen at the same time or when something happens throughout a period of time. Verb + 는 동안 = while / during

The grammar 자마자 means “as soon as” or “right after.” It is used when one action happens immediately after another action finishes.

Many Korean learners see 휴가 and 방학 and assume they mean the same thing: “vacation.” But in Korean, they’re used in very different situati

There are 3 usages: ~ Obligation / necessity ~ Determination / resolution ~ Express Regret