Level 4 Grammar Flashcards
The more expensive it is, the better it sells.
비쌀수록 잘 팔려요.
or
비싸면 비쌀수록 잘 팔려요.
The more interesting a person is, the more popular he/she is.
= If you are an interesting person, it’s more likely that you are popular.
재미있는 사람일수록 인기가 많아요.
It keeps getting colder.
갈수록 추워요.
The expression ‘갈수록’ comes from 가다 + -(으)ᄅ수록 and literally means ‘the more you go’. However, it is used as more of a set expression which means ‘more and more so in time’ or ‘as time goes by’.
Sabrin keeps getting better at Korean.
사브린 씨는 갈수록 한국어를 잘해요.
The expression ‘갈수록’ comes from 가다 + -(으)ᄅ수록 and literally means ‘the more you go’. However, it is used as more of a set expression which means ‘more and more so in time’ or ‘as time goes by’.
The cheaper it is, the more of it you can buy.
쌀수록 많이 살 수 있어요.
= 싸면 쌀수록 많이 살 수 있어요.
When do I have to make a decision by?
언제까지 결정해야 돼요?
The earlier, the better.
빠르면 빠를수록 좋아요.
I’ll do it alone. / I want to do it alone.
혼자 할래요.
I don’t want to go.
I’m not going to go.
저는 안 갈래요.
What do you want to drink?
뭐 마실래요?
Do you want to drink coffee or tea?
커피 마실래요, 차 마실래요?
When do you want to meet?
언제 만날래?
invitation card
청첩장
Can you let me know your address?
주소 좀 알려 줄래요?
It can’t be!
= It can’t be so!
= That’s impossible!
그러+ᄅ리가없어요 = 그럴리가없어요!
It’s impossible that it’s snowing!
= It can’t be snowing!
눈이오+ᄅ리가없어요 = 눈이올리가없어요!
It can’t be that he/she doesn’t know.
= It’s impossible that he/she doesn’t know.
모르+ᄅ리가없어요 = 모를리가없어요.
There’s no way that he/she is going/leaving.
가 + -ᄅ 리가 없어요 = 갈 리가 없어요
There’s no way that he/she went.
가 + -았 + -을 리가 없어요 = 갔을 리가 없어요
There can’t be something.
= There’s no way that it exists.
있 + -을 리가 없어요 = 있을 리가 없어요
It’s impossible that there was …
있 + -었 + -을 리가 없어요 = 있었을 리가 없어요
It’s impossible that it will snow tomorrow.
내일 눈이 오 + -ᄅ 리가 없어요. = 내일 눈이 올 리가 없어요.
It can’t be that he is oversleeping, though…
석진 씨가 늦잠 잘 리가 없는데…
The weather is cold today, right?
→ (You know that the other person knows that the weather is cold.)
오늘 날씨 춥지요?