~더니 (~deo-ni) – I (personally) experienced that someone did something before (and therefore/but) that happened (to that same someone) This looks quite similar to [Grammar] ~았/었더니 but they are in fact very different. It’s extremely confusing at first but once…
~았/었더니 (~at/eot-deo-ni) – I (personally) did something before and therefore this happened (to me/another subject) This looks quite similar to [Grammar] ~더니 but they are in fact very different. It’s extremely confusing at first but once you lay out the differences,…
~든(지) (~deun(-ji)) – regardless/no matter (or not) This grammar particle is most commonly attached to nouns like 누구 (who), 어디 (where), 언제 (when), 뭐 (what) and 어느 (which). Another common use is to attach ~든(지) to verbs to have the…
~더라(고) (~deo-ra-go) – I’ve personally experienced/learned/knew/discovered/realised about…. This grammar particle is almost always only attached to express the speaker’s (first person’s) experience, quite similar to [Grammar] ~네. Therefore, when we add ~더라 at the end, it is only to express the…
~(으)ㄴ/는지 (~eun/neun-ji) – whether or not… ~(으)ㄴ/는지 is used in conjunction with interrogative/questioning words like 왜 (why), 어디 (where), 언제 (when), 뭐 (what), 누구 (who), 어떻게(how). We see ~(으)ㄴ/는지 used in many sentences, spoken or written very often. ~(으)ㄴ/는지 is often used…
~(으)/ㄹ 생각/계획/예정이다 (~eul saeng-ga-gi-da/~eul gye-hoi-gi-da/~eul ye-jeong-i-da) – thinking of doing something/planning to do something/expected or scheduled to do something The above three variations are just three different ways of expressing one’s plans of doing something in the future. But there…
~(으)려면 멀었다 (~eul-ryeo-myeon meo-reot-da) – if one were to talk about this, it’s still in the distant future/sometime in the future When we talk about something that we’ve planned to do but it just somehow isn’t our priority or something…
~대로 (dae-ro) – as one (experienced as) This particle has been introduced in [Grammar] ~는 대로 but in conjunction with others. So I just wanted to talk about this particle to show how it can be attached to any verb to…
다시피 (da-si-pi) – as you… This word is usually used to describe situations such as “as you see”, “as you know”, etc. Examples: 우리 알다시피 엄마는 다음 주에 할머니 댁으로 가고 일주일 동안 잘거야. As we know, Mom will be…
조차 (jo-cha) – (not) even This particle is quite similar to ~도 but 조차 can only be used in conjunction with negation. 조차 is almost always attached only to nouns. Also, you would have to add negatory particles like 없다, ~지…
