Lesson 30
Now for the third and final “Sentence Building Drill” lesson for this level!
Once again, the goal of these lessons is to avoid simply memorizing, and to focus on practicing changing parts of THREE key sentences learned thus far in order to make your Korean more flexible and natural. This will encourage your Korean language skills to become more useful and practical in the long run.
Key sentence (1)
벌써 10시니까, 오늘 가지 말고 내일 가요.
= It is already 10 o’clock, so do not go today and go tomorrow (instead).
Key sentence (2)
제가 이거 도와주는 대신에, 다음번에 제가 부탁이 있으면 들어줘야 돼요.
= I am helping you with this one, but in return, you have to help me when I have a favor next time.
Key sentence (3)
지금은 다른 사람이 없으니까 저라도 갈 수밖에 없어요.
= There is no one else now, so there is no other way but for me to go there (even though I am not the best person for it).
Expansion & variation practice with key sentence (1)
Original sentence:
벌써 10시니까, 오늘 가지 말고 내일 가요.
= It is already 10 o’clock, so do not go today and go tomorrow (instead).
1.
벌써 1시예요. = It is already one o’clock.
벌써 2시니까 = since it is already two o’clock
아직 3시예요. = It is still three o’clock.
아직 4시니까 = since it is still four o’clock
2.
오늘 가지 말고 내일 가요.
= Do not (Let’s not) go today, but go tomorrow (instead).
혼자 가지 말고 같이 가요.
= Do not (Let’s not) go there alone, but go together (with me/them).
이거 사지 말고 저거 사요.
= Do not (Let’s not) buy this, but buy that one.
오늘 가지 말고 내일 갈까요?
= Shall we not go there today and go tomorrow (instead)?
Expansion & variation practice with key sentence (2)
Original sentence:
제가 이거 도와주는 대신에, 다음번에 제가 부탁이 있으면 들어줘야 돼요.
= I am helping you with this one, but in return, you have to help me when I have a favor next time.
1.
이거 하는 대신에
= instead of doing this
오늘 영화 보는 대신에
= instead of watching a movie today, in return for letting you watch a movie today
오늘 안 가는 대신에
= instead of not going there today, to make up for not going there today
2.
다음번에 제가 부탁이 있으면
= next time if I have a favor (to ask)
다음번에 저를 만나면
= next time you meet me, when you see me next time, if you see me next time
다음번에 다시 오면
= when you come back next time
3.
부탁이 있어요.
= I have a favor (to ask).
부탁 하나 들어주세요.
= Please do me a favor.
부탁이 있는데, 들어줘야 돼요.
= I have a favor (to ask of you), and I need you to do me that favor.
Expansion & variation practice with key sentence (3)
Original sentence:
지금은 다른 사람이 없으니까 저라도 갈 수밖에 없어요.
= There is no one else now so there is no other way but for me to go there (even though I am not the best person for it).
1.
다른 사람이 없어요. = There is no other person.
지금은 다른 사람이 없어요. = There is no other person now.
지금은 다른 사람이 없으니까 = since there is no one else now
지금은 아무도 없으니까 = since there is no one now
2.
갈 수밖에 없어요.
= There is no other way but to go.
저라도 갈 수밖에 없어요.
= Even though I might not be the best person for it, I have to go there.
저라도, 혼자라도 갈 수밖에 없어요.
= Even though I might not be the best person for it, and even though going alone might not be the best choice, I have no other choice but to go there.