by vancewong | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog, Grammar |
(Estimated reading time: 8 minutes) It’s been a very long time since my last blog post about grammar nuances (or about anything at all…) – the last one was ~(으)ㄹ 것 같다 VS ~(으)ㄴ/는 것 같다! So I’m back again with another blog post on grammar nuances,...
by vancewong | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog, Grammar |
(Estimated reading time: 7 minutes) ~(으)ㄹ/(으)ㄴ/는 것 같다 is probably one of the most used grammar particles in everyday conversations, business settings and basically everywhere! You would have heard this so much in dramas that you probably could recognise it right away....
by vancewong | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog, Grammar |
(Estimated reading time: 7 minutes) Most Korean learners wouldn’t able to tell you the difference (myself included!) but there are very distinct differences and situations where only either can be used. In this blog post, we’ll explore in-depth how to...
by vancewong | Feb 25, 2017 | Blog, Grammar |
(Estimated reading time: 7 minutes) There are many ways to express “but”, “however”, “though”, basically an expression or conjunction to link two contrasting clauses. The most commonly used two expressions are probably ~지만 and...
by vancewong | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog, Grammar |
(Estimated reading time: 7 minutes) These two – ~어/아/여서 and ~(으)니까 – are probably two of the most commonly confused grammar expression. To be very honest, I’m not sure about the difference at times. I’ll list some very important rules down...
by vancewong | Feb 11, 2017 | Grammar |
The most basic kind of conjugation applies to verbs (active). How about conjugated verbs into their passive forms? There are more (complicated) rules to conjugating verbs into their passive forms. For verbs ending with… ㅎ, ㅌ, ㅗ, ㅏ, ㅜ, ㅡ (VOWELS) Add 이다 Examples: 놓다 ->...
by vancewong | Feb 8, 2017 | Grammar |
~(으)ㄴ 채로 (~eun/eun chae-ro) – while in the state of (having done something), another thing happened/something else was done This is not to be confused with ~(으)면서. For ~(으)면서, you are referring to two actions being done simultaneously. On the other hand, for ~(으)ㄴ 채로,...
by vancewong | Feb 4, 2017 | Grammar |
~고자 (~go-ja) – so as to… (someone) did something This is quite similar to ~(으)려고, ~(으)러 and ~도록, we would verbs before and after these grammar particles. You can look at the second action after ~고자 to be the explanation/justification for the first action. Examples: 난...
by vancewong | Feb 3, 2017 | Grammar |
~은/는/ㄴ 척/첵 하다 (~eun/neun/eun cheo-ka-da/che-ka-da) – acting as if You can look at this as “pretending to” as well, although I personally prefer “acting as if”. This grammar expression can be used for action verbs and descriptive verbs/adjectives. For verbs, attach 는...
by vancewong | Feb 1, 2017 | Grammar |
~(으)면서 (~(eu)-myeon-seo) – while doing something (a second action is done simultaneously) For this grammar principle, it’s important to understand the nuance because there are several more other grammar principles with similar meanings but the difference lies in the...