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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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공항 가는 길 or 가까이 사는 집

1 First off, you probably don't want to say 후세인 회사에 다닌다. to say about Husain, if what you want to say is Husain goes to a/the company. , because then you would end up with saying either (Someone …
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what is the difference between ~려고 하다 and ~ㄹ터이다?

'터' as a light noun (의존 명사) preceded by attributive (관형 어미) '-ㄹ' works very similar to '-ㄹ 것', but much less commonly used. Than being said, not only '-ㄹ 터' can express an intention or will, it can a …
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Does Kakao Talk's ommission of 'ending' forms in auto-completion suggestions correspond with...

I want to point out two things. It may reflect low frequency of -다 and ㅂ니다 endings coming right after the verb base form, but it does not necessarily reflect low frequency of "sentence-ending" forms …
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Is my understanding of 는지(도) correct?

It's a very common pattern for hedging an opinion, can be interpreted I think X. Because this pattern is used to express subjective opinion, the subject is almost always "I" and usually dropped. More …
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Differentiating-아/어서

I would say it solely depends on the context. Note that the suffixes can also mean manner, and I think the OP's first example (temporal ordering) is more natural to interpret as manner. Examples of -어 …
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Why do you say 먹었을 때 instead of 먹은 때

In addition to the perfectly scoped answer from @user13229973 , I just wanted to add that from linguists' perspective, using past tense in expressing conditional (or non-/counter-factual) modality is …
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-기 vs -음 vs -은/는/을것

Generally speaking, Action verb + -ㅁ : a nominal ending that derives a new word, a generic or abstract noun from the action. For exmaple, 살- (to live) + -ㅁ = 삶 (life). State verb (adjective) + -기 : a …
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what is the meaning of "시" in the below sentence?

시 (時) is a light noun, that literally means time, but is mostly used for conditional conjunction, just like when in English. It's usually used in more formal styles often with nominals (but not always …
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What does 다할 from 다하다 mean and what is '-ㄹ' after '다하'?

It's one of attributive endings (관형 어미) which transform a predicate (verbs, adjectives) into a modifier of the following noun. When attached to a sentence, they make the sentence something like a rela …
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Difference between 혼자서 and 혼자

In normative grammar (school grammar), -서 is a subjective case marker dedicated to cardinal number subjects. … But a school grammar enthusiast might disagree with me. …
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Syllable structure rules

The simple answer is that 학 is not a syllable with a single consonant. It has two (written) consonants; one at the beginning (cho-seong) and another at the end (jong-seong). So for a syllable with two …
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