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할머니가 보세요. 어머니가 드세요. 할아버지가 자세요. 아버지가 말씀하세요. The verb forms of the four are all correct. The reason #3 is not right is because there is a dedicated raised word for 자다: 주무시다 (conjugated as 주무세요). We …

These two are very widely used grammar constructs, and -ㄹ 수 있는 것이다 is just a particular case of connecting the two together. It makes up a very small fraction of their usage. … 것 here can be taken to mean a concrete thing, as in "something that can ...", as well as a grammar construct of embedding and referring back to the given clause. …

No, 갔다고를 is never used as far as I know. The reason is because such a 를 adds nothing. 갔다고 말했다 means someone "said that they went", with 갔다고 already acting as a direct object of 말했다. 걌다고만 adds the se …

There is probably no definitive answer to a question like this, but here's more information with a different take on some topics. 그를 얼마나 좋아했는지(를) 나는 모른다. -> I don't know how much I liked him. 그를 얼마나 …

(이)서 is a particle indicating number as the agent of an action. It is used after a word indicating number of people. 이서 comes after a consonant-ending syllable (둘이서) and 서 after vowel-ending one (혼자 …

보기와 같이 ____에 들어갈 가장 알맞은 것을 고르십시오 = Pick the most suitable one to go in ____ as shown in the example. 들어갈 is 들어가다 in the -(으)ㄹ ending form (it becomes 을 after a syllable ending with a consonant). Th …

In most common usages they both mean the speaker has had a particular experience, but there are cases where they mean different things. -(으)ㄴ 적이 있다 only refers to past experiences, like "I have had th …

As was answered in the comment, it means "(There is) not much difference" or "It is not very different". 차이 is a common noun for "difference", and 별로 is a very frequently used adverb which means "esp …

-단 말이지? (and its original form -다는 말이지?) is a way of confirming what the other person said by asking again rephrasing the remark in one's own words. Sometimes it can be asking back because you didn't …

(으)로 in your example indicates a time of occurrence. It is one of the less commonly heard usage of (으)로. There are many such minor usages to all the major postpositional particles. Compared with the …

As I understand it, a copula is a verb that links (equates) two things, like "A is B" where both A and B are typically nouns. I believe the paragraph you quoted is not entirely accurate in that it in …

This is an interesting question that can lead to questions of sentence breakdown in addition to the individual phrases. First of all, note that #3 is the odd one out. The sentential structure is diffe …

The above covers 90% of quoting grammar. The remaining ones are: Indirect quoting of questions use -(이)냐고 instead of -다고 or -라고. 박 교수님이세요? -> 박 교수님이시냐고 물었다. 박 교수님(이) 아니세요? -> 박 교수님(이) 아니시냐고 물었다. …

Yes, it is correct. 하다 has many usages outside of "do" or "act", including speaking a foreign language. So 일본어 하세요? (literally 日本語 話しますか？）is a common way of saying "Do you speak Japanese?". You cou …

넌 내가 어디에 이거를 버릴 수 있다고 보여 주세요. This sentence is incorrect. First, you don't include the subject in an imperative sentence (also true in English). Second, Korean has VERB + -지 which makes a question-b …