Questions tagged [grammar]
Questions about the rules that govern and structure the language, and the composition of clauses, phrases and sentences. Also pertains to the syntax and morphology of the Korean language.
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Description of intonation variation with exclamative sentences (various cases envisaged)
In the question "description of intonation variation with declarative, interrogative, propositive, imperative, exclamative, …?" topo morto said that exclamative intonations intonations are ...
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Quotations - Can 라고 and 다고 be followed by any verbs?
I am learning about quotations. And in many examples the construction I've seen those is explained as follows
Put the quoted utterance
Follow the quoted utterance by 다고 + 하다 or 라고 + 하다 (with few ...
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Syllable structure rules
Recently, I've started learning Korean, so please don't get mad if my question sounds stupid. My problem is that I don't know whether a consonant is a part of a three-letter syllable or a separate ...
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Differences between 지 and 가(까) as a Nonfactive Complementiser
This questions is not about the general differences between 지 and 가(까), since 가(까) obviously has a usage not possessed by 지, that is to mark the interrogative illocutionary force at the end of the ...
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I want to translate the title of a Korean children's reader into English
The title is 떼쓰지말고 말하렴. I searched several dictionaries fruitlessly to find a verb spelled 떼쓰다.
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What is the use of (으)로 here?
'오늘 그사람을 만나면 낯선 사람으로 대할 거예요' The only confusion I have here is 으로 which has the meaning of with, by or towards(a place).This sentence means 'If I meet that person today I am going to treat him like a ...
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Finally as adverb and auxiliary verb (드디어 vs 어/아 버리다)
Today I came across the use of the auxiliary verb 버리다 to express (among the other things) finally. However as far as I know finally in korean is also the adverb 드디어.
So I wonder for example what is ...
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How to use -에 있다/없다
When going through my book (fun fun korean 1) I noticed that the structure for using -에 있다 was different from -에 없다 .
Example: The book is on top of the desk = 책이 책상 위에 있어요.
The pencil case does not ...
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I am thinking about the sentence you wrote
A wonderful lady texted me a nice sentence yesterday.
생각해서 생각이 나온다.
Which seems to translate as "thoughts lead to more thought". As I've been thinking about this sentence since yesterday I ...
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하고 vs. 해서 vs. 하고 나서 vs. 한 채 - 비교
Could you describe nuances between these sentences and point out the one that sounds most natural?
화장을 하고 수영장에 가면 안 되죠.
화장을 하고 나서 수영장에 가면 안 되죠.
화장을 해서 수영장에 가면 안 되죠.
화장을 한 채 수영장에 가면 안 되죠.
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Translation "I always start working after exercising"
I am trying to translate:
I always start working after exercising
Or equivalently
I always exercise before start working
Or (sligthly different)
I cannot work if I don't exercise
My attempt:
저는 ...
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Translating "Because today the weather was hot I went to the coffee shop in the afternoon"
Trying to translate the following.
Because today the weather was hot I went to a coffee shop in the afternoon
My attempt
오늘 날씨는 뜨겁어서 오후에 커피쑢에서 널었어요.
Is it correct?
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Translating "A: Can you buy some bread? B: I will buy it on my way home but I have to go to school now"
As exercise I am trying to translate the following:
A: Can you buy some bread?
B: I will buy it on my way home but I have to go to school now.
My attempt.
A: 빵를 사수 있어요?
B: 집으로 가는 길에 사지만 지금 학교에 가요
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Translating "Bonnie has a cat named Tia"
I have the following sentence I'd like to translate. I'll list all the steps I did so in the correction maybe I can spot more easily what I did wrong.
Bonnie has a cat named Tia
In my attempt I was ...
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can you help me analyze this sentencce?
보기와 같이 ____에 들어갈 가장 알맞은 것을 고르싶시오
I know the general meaning,but I don't know how the part 들어갈 works,can you explain the sentence from grammatical perspective?
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what is the function of 은 in the sentence below?
I came across this sentence
철수 씨만큼은 술을 못 마셔요.
but I don't know how 은 works in this sentence
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What is the difference between 에서 and 에다(가)?
Are these two different in some way? Are they interchangeable? I started reading a webtoon and saw this grammar being used in a dialogue: "너 진짜 길에다 토하면 버리고 갈 거야!"
If instead it were: "...
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Difference between 었어 and 였어
What is the difference between 었어 and 였어? Does it have anything to do with the ending sound of the word being conjugated? When should I use which one?
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How to use 선물할 거다 in the grammar -게 아니라
This is the excercise
Should I write
“선물할 게 아니라 선물 받았어요.”
Or what is the correct form of the sentence?
Thanks
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What is the meaning of ~에를 and how is it different from just ~에?
In the following sentence:
오늘은 날씨가 너무 더워서 밖에를 못 나가겠어요.
According to my dictionary, it seems to mean the location to which the verb does an action. But then what it the difference from just using 에? ...
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