Hello! This is Admin Sun here. Today I’ll teach you how to conjugate verbs in future tense. There are a lot of ways to make your verbs into future tense, and today I’ll be covering them one by one.
1. -겠-
By using this pre-final ending (*Lesson on pre-final endings by Admin Na can be found here) you can refer to a future event. Being future tense, this pre-final ending can also imply assumption. This is the most widely used pre-final ending to express future tense.
EXAMPLES:
내일 나는 민희를 만나러 가겠다. (Today I will go meet 민희)
오늘 오후에는 서울에 비가 오겠습니다. (This afternoon it will rain in Seoul)
2. -리-
This is also a pre-final ending you can use. It’s a bit archaic and not used in common speech that much.
EXAMPLES:
내일 내가 다시 오리라 (I will come back tomorrow)
3. –(으)ㄹ
This is an adnominal ending (Introduced here by admin Hyun) that can express future tense.
EXAMPLES:
그녀는 내일 떠날 사람이다. (She is a person who will leave tomorrow)
이것은 다음주에 내가 읽을 책이다. (This is the book I will read next week)
4. –(으)ㄹ 것
This is a combination of the adnominal ending introduced above and the noun ‘것’. This is a widely used combination to express future tense.
EXAMPLES:
그 문제는 선생님께서 해결할 것이다. (The teacher will handle that problem)
내일도 꽃은 아름다울 것이다. (The flowers will be beautiful tomorrow too.)
5. Adverbs that express future tense
This is the last of future tense I’ll talk about today, and it’s really important, and quite simple. You basically use words that indicate the future like 내일 (tomorrow)and곧 (Soon). Of course, since you use these words when it’s future tense, it’s important to conjugate the verbs to match the future tense. So you will use these words that indicate future tense with the verb conjugating patterns I introduced to you above.
EXAMPLES:
내일 눈이 내릴 것이다. (Snow will fall tomorrow)
나는곧 병원에 가겠다. (I will go to the hospital soon)
Well that’s it for today’s lesson! I hope this was of some help to you :D
Hi! 안녕하세요. This is Admin Na. And today I’m going to talk about the present tense.
What is the present tense?
The present tense is a tense that coincides with the time when the event occurs.
Pre-final ending ‘-ㄴ-/-는-’:
Expresses the current tense in combination with verbs.
Ex)
I play basketball with my friends.: 나는 친구들과 농구를 한다.
A sleeping baby: 잠을 자는아기
He was proud of his father, a doctor.: 그는 의사인 아버지를 자랑스러워했다.
Sunwoo drinks water.: 선우는 물을 마신다.
Sung Eun is eating.: 성은이가 밥을 먹는다.
No pre-final ending:
In adjectives or descriptive postposition, the current tense can be expressed without a pre-final ending.
Ex)
The weather is hot today.: 오늘은 날씨가 덥다.
My brother is a college student.: 우리 형은 대학생이다.
A modifier form ending ‘-는’:
Expresses the current tense in combination with verbs.
Ex)
I am looking at my brother who is eating.: 밥을 먹는 동생을 보고 있다.
The cup rice that Jimin eats is really delicious.: 지민이가 먹는 컵밥은 정말 맛있다.
I’m studying for the exam.: 시험공부 하는나.
A modifier form ending ‘-(으)ㄴ’:
To express the present tense in combination with adjectives or narrative ending.
Ex)
I feel good when I see pretty flowers.: 예쁜 꽃을 보면 기분이 좋다.
Pretty Jimin is coming to the academy.: 예쁜 지민이가 학원에 온다.
Minji is a pretty child.: 민지는 예쁜아이이다.
Time adverbs representing the present:
‘오늘’, ‘지금’ etc.
Ex)
I read a book in the library now.: 나는 지금 도서관에서 책을 읽는다.
Jonghee studies hard today.: 종희는 오늘도 열심히 공부를 한다.
It’s windy now.: 지금 바람이 분다.
The train is leaving now.: 기차가 지금출발한다.
REVIEW TEST
1. What is the present tense?
A: The present tense is a tense that coincides with the time when the event occurs.
2. Write an example that includes the pre-final ending ‘-ㄴ-/-는-’
A: I play basketball with my friends. etc(you can make tons of them!)
3. In adjectives or descriptive postposition, can the current tense be expressed without a pre-final ending?
A: 0
Thank you all for reading this post! I really hope this was helpful for you, and also, there is a previous post of ours introducing the pre-final ending(which would help you understand the Korean present tense more easily)! So if you’re interested, I think you should check it out! Always stay safe:D Jojal-jojal Korea is always pulling for you!!
A tense is a grammatical category that represents the temporal position of a situation based on a point in time. The tense is divided into ‘past-present-future’ depending on the relationship between 발화시(the time of speech) and 사건시(when the action or condition appears).
Past tense is a time expression in which event time precedes speech. The past tense is mainly realized by 선어말 어미 ‘-았-/-었-’.
ex)
-나는 저번 주에 떡볶이를 먹었다.(I had 떡볶이 last week.)
=> ‘What I ate 떡볶이’ happened before ‘talking about what i ate 떡볶이’.
=> 먹다(basic form) + ‘-었-’(선어말 어미) = 먹었다
-철수는 어제 영희와 놀았다.(철수 played with 영희 yesterday.)
=> ‘What Chul-soo played with Young-hee’ happened before ‘talking about what 철수 played with 영희’.
=> 놀다(basic form) + ‘-았-’(선어말 어미) = 놀았다
It is sometimes used in the form of ‘-았었/-었었-’ to express that something happened a long time ago or is not the case now. Use ‘-더-’ to recall past events or experiences.
ex)
-철수는 전에는 당근을 먹었었다.(철수 used to eat carrots.)
=> 철수 used to eat carrots, but he doesn’t eat them now.
=> 먹다(basic form) + ‘-었었-’(선어말 어미) = 먹었었다
-어제 영희가 준 사과가 맛있더라.(The apple that 영희 gave me yesterday was delicious.)
=> The speaker recalls that the apples given by 영희 in the past were delicious.
=> 맛있다(basic form) + ‘-더-’(선어말 어미) = 맛있더라
when using in as 관형사절(adnominal clause), 관형사형 어미(an adnominal form ending)‘-(으)ㄴ’and‘-던’ is used for verbs, and ‘-던’ is used for 형용사(adjective) and ‘이다’. You can also add ’-았/었-’ followed by ’-던/었.’
ex)
-식탁 위에 내가 먹은/먹던/먹었던 빵이 있었다.(There was bread I ate on the table./There was the bread I was eating on the table./There was bread I had eaten on the table.
-철수는푸르던 하늘을 떠올렸다.(철수 recalled the blue sky.)
-그 때는 영희가 학생이던/학생이었던 시절이다.(That was when Young-hee was a student.)
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English has 8 parts of speech. Korean has 9. Learning parts of speech is crucial to becoming fluent in Korean. So, Today I’m going to introduce you to all nine parts of speech.
1. Noun 명사 [Myeong-sa]
2. Pronoun 대명사 [Dae-myeong-sa]
3. Numeral, quantity indicator 수사 [su-sa]
4. Verb 동사 [dong-sa]
5. Adjective 형용사 [hyeong-yong-sa]
Adjectives shows the quality or state of something.
6. Determiner, pre-noun 관형사 [gwan-hyeong-sa]
Determiners are a word used in front of a substantive(nouns, pronouns, and numerals) and modifies it. Compared to other Korean parts of speech, there are only a few determiners.
7. Adverb 부사 [Bu-sa]
While Determiners modify only Substantives*(체언 [cheeon]. nouns, pronouns, and numerals) Adverbs modify everything. They mostly modify verbs and adjectives, but they can modify determiners, adverbs, and even sentences.
8.★Post positional particle 조사 [Jo-sa]
*What’s a Post positional article?: Post positional particles are attached behind a noun, pronoun, numeral, and adverbs… They usually stick together with words that are independent. They indicate grammatical relationships or make it more specific in meaning. (particles each have different jobs) Some particles make the word it stuck to a subject (Like -은/는 or 이/가) Or some particles make the word an object (Like 을/를) There are so many particles! It’s very confusing and hard, so study extra hard on Post positional particles.
9.Exclamation, interjection 감탄사 [gam-tan-sa]
These are all nine parts of speech in Korean! To advance to harder grammar, you MUST remember all these nine parts of speech.
I will explain in detail about each part in later grammar lessons! I hope this lesson was helpful
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-admin sun
Each conversation in my textbook has a section of “new words” that are divided by parts of speech. Now I can write the parts of speech in Korean!
Hello friends, it’s been awhile since I’ve been active. My life has changed so much since I’ve started this blog, so I’ll give you an update!
About me
저는 대학생이에요. 이학연이에요. 20 살이에요!
I’m a sophomore in college and I just turned 20. I am no longer self studying Korean! I’m a linguistics major with a Korean minor at a large state university in America. I’m currently enrolled in Korean 1101. It was a hard decision to decide not to test out of Korean 1, but I decided I would benfit greatly from all the speaking and conversation practice. So far I am loving it! When you self study there are so many details or quirks of pronunciation that can be overlooked. I’ve found that after less than 2 weeks my introduction pronunciation sounds better than ever and I am more confident in all of the 한글 sounds and irregularities.
Blog goals
My goal is to try and document some of what we are learning in class and to use this blog as a study source like I did in the past. If anyone would be interested in a post dedicated to how my class is set up, what we do on a weekly basis, and what book we are using I’d be happy to share!
As always if you have any questions feel free to message me. Happy studying~!
Hey guys, so instead of a long drawn on post, I’ve made an easy to read version of how to begin studying Asian languages through pictures! Yay!!!! Everything is really straight forward and easy but let me know if you have any questions!
I would actually push against just reading song lyrics as korean lyrics don’t always have correct grammar and they sometimes phrase things unnaturally. Instead, practice your reading through not only music and tv, but example dialogue or children’s books! That way you’re being surrounded by natural written and spoken korean as well. Happy studying~
So there seems to be some confusion surrounding 당신 and 너. Mostly, people think they’re interchangeable when in reality they couldn’t be more different. Something that I noticed, is that often people will say that 너 is just the informal/casual version of 당신, much like 나 is to 저 - but this couldn’t be more incorrect.
As someone who has made a lot of mistakes in Korean (which is only natural), I am here to help you understand the difference! Without further adieu, let’s learn!
당신 ♡ used for a married couple or a couple that’s been together for a long time ~ 당신 저녁식사 했어요? - Have you eaten dinner? ♡ used to start a fight ~ 당신이 뭔데 나한테 그런 말을 하는 거야? - Who are you to say that to me? ♡ used for general audience ~ 당신의 운을 시험하시겠습니까?
너 ♡ used for literally everything else
Although, I would caution the use of 너. Unless it’s not obvious, Korean’s don’t generally use 너 or 나. That’s why you hear sentences like, “밥 먹었어요? (have you eaten?)” or “피곤해요 (I’m tired)”. Again in formal situations, these things change as well. For example, calling your elder 너 is extremely rude. In these cases, you would use their title (*이름*씨 / 할아버지 / 할머니 / 아저씨 / 아주마 / 선생님).
But there you have it! An explanation of the difference between 당신 and 너 :) Happy Learning!
