spitting out what I know so I can start again:
note: this is just a quick thing I slapped together at like 1 in the morning and is not a real reflection of what I know bc I’m lazy and if I type it all out it’d take me d a y s. it’s 9 months of information that I’ve retained, I’m not going to be able to fit it in one tumblr post.
이/가- indicates a statement of fact
“그 고양이가 집에 있어요” (The cat is in the house)
은/는- indicates a feel of comparison
“그 고양이는 집에 있어요” (The cat is in the house- in comparison to being anywhere else in this moment)
에- indicates time and place
“언제 가고 있지? 3시에 갈거야 ?” (When are we going again? At 3 will we go?)
에서- indicates where and action (or adjective) occurs.
한국에서 과일 너무 비싸요. (Fruit is expensive in Korea)
동안- Indication of how long something occurs.
나의 바지 너무 커. (My pants are too big)
Plural particle (Awkward to use with anything but people): 들
저 사람들 이상하는데...(But....those people are weird)
Subject - Adjective (you can’t have an object with an adj. most times)
Subjects can be left out often.
But, adjectives and verbs can also be placed throughout a sentence. They don’t have to just be placed at the end.
Adjectives can describe nouns or be turned into adverbs. To use for noun description, attach ㄴ/은 to the stem.
그 작은 고양이는 밖에 앉아 있어요. (The small cat is sitting outside.)
Adjectives can be turned into adverbs (and are typically placed before the final verb) by adding 게 or 히 (하다 verbs) to the stems
열심히 공부할거에요! (I will study hard!)
Two ways to make sentences negative
-지 않아 (attached to the step of verbs/adj.)
-안 (placed throughout the sentence)
-고 싶다 is attached to verbs to say “I want to verb”
-고 있다 is attached to verbs to say “I am verbing”
you can also add -는 중이다 to say “I am in the middle of verbing”
There are two Korean number systems
– With money
– Measuring
– Math
– Phone-numbers
– Time in any way except the hour
– The names of each month
– Counting months
– Counting things/people/actions
– Talking about the hour in time
– Sometimes used when talking about months.
Who- 누구 (if the subject it can be condensed to 누가,, 누구 + 가)
이다- am, is, are, was, were
Slightly more complicated grammar (but not really):
-네(요) expresses shock, surprise, admiration or description
-지/죠 expresses a feeling of kinda knowing the answer but still asking to double check or confirm your thoughts; also expresses and “of course” feeling to your words.
-ㄹ/을 수 없/있어(요) expresses “I can’t/can do verb”
-하는 동안 expresses doing something while doing another thing
-는 것 used to turn verbs into nouns to be placed within the middle of a sentence.
