Yonsei Korean Grammar Flashcards
-기 위해서
Shows purpose or intention, “in order to”
이라서/라서
Causative for nouns, “because ____ is ____”
-으면/면 -올수록/ㄹ수록
Increase in intensity, “the more ____ the more ______”
-으면서/면서
Two different actions happening at once, “I ____ while _____ing”
-거든요
Adds reasoning or expresses speakers thoughts, sort of like “because”
-을걸요/ㄹ걸요
Talking about what hasn’t happened yet, making a guess. Usually in reply to a statement. “I feel like” “I think that” “probably”
에 비해서
Comparison, “compared to”
-는 편이다, -은/ㄴ 편이다
On the ____ side of something, slight degree of something, “often, rather, quite, etc”
-더군요
Express personal experience or new realization “I found (that)”
-어지다/아지다/여지다
Show a completed action after being influenced by something else
-는 줄 알다, -은/ㄴ 줄 알다, -을/ㄹ 줄 알다
What you previously guessed was wrong “I thought that”
-었던/았던/였던
Reflect on a completed action or condition in the past
-는 데다가, -은/ㄴ 데다가
Express increase of intensity when one action is followed by another, “on top of that”
-나 보다, -은/ㄴ 가 보다
Make a guess about a statement or fact, “it looks like”
-는데도, -은/ㄴ데도
“Even though”
-네요
State new information, excited, “wow!”
-어야/아야/여야
Expresses a necessary condition, “only if ___” “so that ___ can occur”
-을래요/ㄹ래요?
Ask intention or opinion, usually for those you are close to. “Do you want to ___?“
-잖아요
Repeat or confirm something the listener is already aware of, “you know”
-지 그래요
Offer a suggestion or recommendation, “why don’t you ___”
-어/아/여 있다
Continuation of a state after an action is completed.
-는 대로
“As soon as”
