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?
Yeah, that could be possible.
→ (You and the other person both know that something is possible, and you are simply expressing your agreement to what the other person is saying.)
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그럴 수도 있죠.
You are heading toward Hongdae, right?
홍대 쪽으로 가죠?
Who do you think you are? / What are you?
당신 뭐야?
movement; move
동작
operation (of a device)
작동
activity
활동
TV activities/appearances
활동
connecting to Facebook through another site
페이스북 연동
behavior
행동
Behave yourself!
행동 똑바로 하세요!
Can you deliver the food now? / Is food delivery available now?
지금 배달 돼요?
You can turn the light on.
불 켜도 돼요.
You can turn the computer on.
컴퓨터 켜도 돼요
Is it okay if I do it tomorrow?
내일 해도 돼요?
May I use the computer?
컴퓨터 써도 돼요?
You can take a day off today.
오늘 쉬어도 돼요.
You don’t have to clean up. / It is okay if you don’t clean up.
청소 안 해도 돼요
You don’t have to work today. / It is okay if you don’t work today.
오늘 일 안 해도 돼요
Can I put this in the back of the car?
이거 차 트렁크에 넣어도 돼요?
You shouldn’t open it. / You are not supposed to open it.
열면 안 돼요.
You shouldn’t touch it. / You can’t touch it.
만지면 안 돼요.
It’s okay to touch it. / You can go ahead and touch it.
만져도 돼요.
You should not throw it.
던지면 안 돼요.
You should not tell/talk.
말하면 안 돼요.
You shouldn’t turn the light on. The baby is sleeping.
불 켜면 안 돼요. 아기가 자고 있어요
You shouldn’t watch TV either.
텔레비전도 보면 안 돼요.
Please choose among these.
이 중에서 고르세요.
Please take one of these three.
이 세 개 중에서 하나 가져가세요.
Among friends
친구들 사이에서
Among his/her family members
가족들 사이에서
This singer is popular among Koreans.
이 가수는 한국인들 사이에서 인기가 많아요.
I am between the bank and the park.
은행하고 공원 사이에 있어요.
The pharmacy is between the school and the police station.
약국은 학교하고 경찰서 사이에 있어요.
I only read novels, so I only know about novels.
저는 소설책만 읽어서 소설책밖에 몰라요.
Anyone can come.
아무나 올 수 있어요
anything; does not matter what
아무거나
Just give me anything.
아무거나 주세요