Lesson 20
Hooray! You have made it to the first lesson of the “Sentence Building Drill” series! You have been introduced to many grammatical points thus far, so it is high time to put that knowledge to good use by training yourself to make Korean sentences more comfortably.
In these “Sentence Building Drill” lessons, you will be introduced to THREE key sentences, then you will practice changing different parts of the sentences so that you do not end up just memorizing the same three sentences. The goal is to be as comfortable and as flexible as possible when making Korean sentences.
Key sentence (1)
오늘부터 한국어를 더 열심히 공부할 거예요.
= Starting from today, I am going to study Korean harder.
Key sentence (2)
아마 내일부터 일요일까지 비가 내릴 거예요.
= It will probably rain from tomorrow until Sunday.
Key sentence (3)
내일 시간이 있으면, 같이 커피 마실래요?
= If you have time tomorrow, will you drink coffee together (with me)?
Expansion & variation practice with key sentence (1)
Original sentence:
오늘부터 한국어를 더 열심히 공부할 거예요.
1.
오늘부터 = from today; starting from today
내일부터 = from tomorrow
지금부터 = from now on
언제부터? = since when?
2.
한국어를 공부할 거예요. = I am going to study Korean.
한국어를 연습할 거예요. = I am going to practice Korean.
한국어를 쓸 거예요. = I am going to use Korean.
한국어로* 말할 거예요. = I am going to talk in Korean.
* 한국어로 = in Korean
한국어를 배울 거예요. = I am going to learn Korean.
3.
열심히 공부할 거예요. = I am going to study hard.
열심히 일할 거예요. = I am going to work hard.
열심히 준비할 거예요. = I am going to prepare hard.
I am going to do my best with the preparation.
열심히 연습할 거예요. = I am going to practice hard.
4.
열심히 공부하다. = to study hard.
더 열심히 공부하다. = to study harder.
덜 열심히 공부하다. = to study less hard.
Expansion & variation practice with key sentence (2)
Original sentence:
아마 내일부터 일요일까지 비가 내릴 거예요.
1.
내일부터 일요일까지 = from tomorrow until Sunday
내일부터 모레까지 = from tomorrow until the day after tomorrow
어제부터 오늘까지 = from yesterday until today
지난주부터 다음 주까지 = from last week until next week
2.
비가 내릴 거예요. = It is going to rain.
비가 올 거예요. = It is going to rain.
눈이 내릴 거예요. = It is going to snow.
눈이 올 거예요. = It is going to snow.
비가 *그칠 거예요. = It is going to stop raining.
* 그치다 = to stop
눈이 그칠 거예요. = It is going to stop snowing.
비가 많이 내릴 거예요. = It is going to rain a lot.
눈이 많이 내릴 거예요. = It is going to snow a lot.
3.
아마 비가 내릴 거예요. = It will probably rain.
분명히 비가 내릴 거예요. = It will certainly rain.
어쩌면 비가 내릴지도 몰라요. = Maybe it might rain.
어쩌면 비가 내릴 수도 있어요. = Maybe it could rain.
Expansion & variation practice with key sentence (3)
Original sentence:
내일 시간이 있으면, 같이 커피 마실래요?
1.
시간이 있으면 = if you have time
시간이 없으면 = if you do not have time
시간이 *많이 있으면 = if you have a lot of time
* 많이 is an adverb that describes 있다.
시간이 *많으면 = if you have a lot of time
* 많다 here is used as a verb.
시간이 조금 밖에 없으면 = if you have only a little bit of time
시간이 전혀 없으면 = if you have no time at all
2.
내일 시간이 있으면 = if you have time tomorrow
오늘 시간이 있으면 = if you have time today
주말에 시간이 있으면 = if you have time on the weekend
다음 주에 시간이 있으면 = if you have time next week
이번 달에 시간이 있으면 = if you have time this month
3.
커피 마실래요? = Do you want to drink coffee? / Shall we drink coffee?
뭐 마실래요? = What do you want to drink? / What shall we drink?
어떤 거 마실래요? = What (kind of drink) do you want to drink?
어디에서 마실래요? = Where do you want to drink (something)?
4.
같이 커피 마실래요? = Do you want to drink coffee together?
저랑 커피 마실래요? = Do you want to drink coffee with me?
저랑 같이 커피 마실래요? = Do you want to drink coffee together with me?
다 같이 커피 마실래요? = Do you want to drink coffee with everyone?