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Showing posts with label Advanced Grammar. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Korean Grammar: To make someone do something



KIIP GRAMMAR NOTES

 동사 + 게 하다 = To make someone do something

Important Variations

난 너에게 하게 해요.               I make you eat.
난 너에게 못 하게 해요.           I make you not eat.
난 너에게 하게 할 수 있다.       I can make you eat.
난 너에게 하게 할 수 없다.       I can't make you eat.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Korean Grammar: I thought so



KIIP GRAMMAR NOTES
동사/형용사 + 을 줄 몰랐다/알랐다 = I didn't know that would happen / I thought that would happen

Important Breakdown

동사/형용사 + = future tense
= a fact (marker has been dropped)
모르다/알다 + 었다 = something you didn't know/knew in the past

An awkward, but more direct translation that helps in some cases:
  • 난 너가 갈 줄 몰랐어요.        You were going is a fact I didn't know.
  • 난 너가 갈 줄 알았어요.        You were going is a fact I knew.