Level 2 Flashcards
(으)ㄹ 수 있어요/없어요
Mention ability or possibility
어야/아야 해요
Discuss obligations
어/아 (?)
Familiar form of 어요/아요
고 있어요
Continuous and ongoing actions
(으)려고 해요
Talk about actions one plans on taking (“to plan”)
(으)ㄴ지
Describe how long it’s been since someone has been doing an action or a finished action
는데/(으)ㄴ데
Provide situation related to what follows it.
(으)ㄹ 줄 알아요/몰라요
Talk about ability or skill
만
Only
기로 하다
Discuss a promise of decision
(으)면서
When performing 2 actions together.
못
Inability
거나
There are 2 options and it’s fine to choose 1
어/아
Familiar of 으세요
자
Familiar of 읍시다
(으)면 안 돼요
Indicate something is prohibited
기 때문에
Indicate reason
어도/아도 돼요?
Ask permission or approval
이나/나
It’s okay to pick 1 thing out of 2 items
다/는다/ㄴ다
The speaker’s feelings and admiration can be expressed. Cannot be used with someone older.
어라/아라
A little stronger compared to 어/아 (으세요). Cannot be used with someone older.
니?
Ask a question softer to a friend or someone younger. Cannot be used with someone older.
(으)ㄹ래요?
Ask for the listener’s opinion. Action verbs.
어/아 보세요
Suggest an action to someone
는데요/(으)ㄴ데요
Used when expecting a reaction from the listener
(으)로
Select something from a group of things. Nouns.
어/아 봤어요
Talk about something you tried. Action verbs.
이나요?/나요?
When something is more X than you thought and you are shocked, and you want to confirm what you heard is right. Usually used with unit nouns.
(으)ㄴ 적이 있어요
Talk about an experience. Action verbs.
밖에
Show that something takes shorter time than expected or that something only applies to the noun before. Commonly with unit nouns.
고 나서
Indicate that the preceding action has finished and that another action takes place following.
ㅅ irregular verb + vowel
ㅅ disappears
어/아 가지고
Specify a reason or when an action follows another. Usually used in speech.
었/았으면 좋겠어요
Express hope
는지 알아요/몰라요?
Ask someone if they know something. Usually questions asking ‘how’.
르 irregular verb + vowel
ㄹ,ㄹ
(으)려면
If one has intention or purpose to do something.
기(가) 어려워요/쉬워요
Say something is easy or difficult to do.
ㄴ/는다고 해요
Tell someone what you heard or said
었/았다고 해요
Tell someone what or said about a past or completed fact
(으)ㄹ 거라고 해요
Pass along something that will happen in the future
(느)냐고 해요
Relay to another person a question you heard or asked.
자고 해요
Tell someone about a request to do something together you heard. Action verbs.
지요?
Confirm something you already know one more time
(으)ㄹ 것 같아요
Make a guess of what will happen in the future
-겠-
Talk about something that will happen with certainty (weather or scheduled events usually)
(으)니까
After doing something, gaining something new about the result
(으)라고 해요
Pass along a command like ‘하세요’, ‘해라’, ‘해’
지 말라고 해요
Pass along a negative command like ‘하지 마세요’, ‘하지 마라’, ‘하지 마’
달라고 해요
Pass along a message that includes ‘to do something for me’, ‘to give me something’
주라고 해요
Pass along a message that includes ‘to do something for someone’, ‘to give something to someone’
(으)려고
Mention a purpose or intention for doing something
잖아요
Used when the speaker knows a fact and thinks that the listener knows that fact
(으)ㄹ까 해요
When you are not 100 percent sure and you are thinking of doing something
아무 N도
‘Not even one/none/cannot/does not/do not know/do not have’ and in place of the noun: food, problems, plans can be used or ‘것’
어/아하다
Talk about a person’s mood when I see them. Descriptive verbs.
게
Make a verb an adverb
게 되다
Something happens that was not the speaker’s intent, but due to the ‘situation’ or ‘another person’
지 말고
Give another command or suggestion instead of the preceding one. Action verbs.
