Sentence Endings

Question 1

-아/어 버리다

1. How is it used? (3)
2. How is it conjugated?

Answer 1

1. -아/어 버리다 is used to indicate that nothing is left, a burden is relieved, or there is a sense of regret and sorrow once an action is completed.
2. 아/어 form of verb, usually with 버렸어요.

Question 2

Translate the following sentence using -아/어 버리다:

Today I lost my wallet on the subway.

Answer 2

오늘 지하철에서 지갑을 잃어 버렸어요.

Question 3

-곤 하다

1. How is it used?
2. How it is conjugated?
3. Is it used with action verbs or adjectives?

Answer 3

1. -곤 하다 means that an action repeatedly happens
2. -곤 하다 is added to the stem of the verb. 하다 is conjugated based on whether the action repeated in the past or is repeating now.
3. It is only used with action verbs

Question 4

Translate the following sentence using -곤 하다:

When I studied Korean I used to drink coffee sometimes

Answer 4

한국어를 공부할 때 가끔씩 커피를 마시곤 했어요

Question 5

Is the following sentence correct?

초등학교 때 친구들과 함께 공원에 갔곤 해요

Answer 5

No, if an action happened in the past, 하다 is conjugated in the past:

초등학교 때 친구들과 함께 공원에 가곤 했어요.

Question 6

Translate the following sentence using -곤하다:

When I eat food from my hometown I think of my mother.

Answer 6

고향 음식을 먹을 때는 어머니가 생각나곤 해요.

Question 7

-고 말다

1. How is it used?
2. How is it conjugated?
3. Is it used with action verbs or adjectives

Answer 7

1. -고 말다 is used to indicate that an unplanned action happened in an undesirable way. Expresses regret.
2. -고 말다 is attached to the end of a verb
3. Is it only used with adjectives

Question 8

Is the following sentence correct?

건강이 나쁘고 말았어요.

Answer 8

No. -고 말다 can only be used with action verbs to express regret about that action.

Question 9

Translate the following sentence using -아/어 버리다 and -고 말다:

I was so angry that I ended up storming out.

Answer 9

너무 화가 나서 밖으로 나가 버리고 말았어요.

Question 10

Translate the following sentence using -고 말다:

I was so sad that I ended up crying

Answer 10

너무 슬퍼서 울고 말았습니다.

Question 11

-(으)ㄴ/는 편이다

1. How is it used?
2. How is it conjugated?

Answer 11

-(으)ㄴ/는 편이다 is used to indicate that someone is inclined to do something or behave in a particular way

2. The verb is conjugated using the (으)ㄴ/는 noun modifier, then 편이다 is added

Question 12

Translate the following sentences using -(으)ㄴ/는 편이다:

1. I tend to eat a lot
2. I tend not to eat a lot

Answer 12

1. 저는 많이 먹는 편이에요
2. 저는 만히 먹는 편이 아니에요
   OR 저는 많이 안 먹는 편이에요.

Question 13

Translate the following sentence using -(으)ㄴ/는 편이다:

He is neither on the fat side nor the skinny side

Answer 13

그 사람은 뚱뚱한 편도 아니고 마른 편도 아니에요.

Question 14

-(으)ㄴ/는 데다가

Question 15

-(으)ㄹ 만하다

Question 16

-나 보다

Question 17

-(으)ㄴ/는 모양이다

Question 19

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