Lesson 10
In this series, we focus on how you can use the grammatical rules and expressions that you have learned so far to train yourself to comfortably and flexibly make more Korean sentences.
We will start off with THREE key sentences, then practice changing parts of these sentences so that you do not end up just memorizing the same three sentences. We want you to be able to be as flexible as possible with the Korean sentences that you can make.
Key Sentence (1)
우리 어차피 늦을 것 같은데, 다음에 갈까요?
= It looks like we are going to be late anyway. Shall we go next time?
Key Sentence (2)
일하는 중이어서 전화 못 받으니까 나중에 전화할게요.
= I am in the middle of working so I cannot take the call, so I will call you later.
Key Sentence (3)
여기가 제가 제일 자주 가는 카페들 중 한 곳인데, 같이 가 볼래요?
= This is one of the cafés that I visit most often. Do you want to go there together?
Expansion & Variation Practice with Key Sentence (1)
0. Original Sentence:
우리 어차피 늦을 것 같은데, 다음에 갈까요?
= It looks like we are going to be late anyway. Shall we go next time?
* If you want to say, “either way/in one way or another”, you can add 어차피.
** -(으)ㄹ까요? is how to say, “Shall we do [something]?” in Korean.
1.
우리 어차피 늦을 거예요. = We are going to be late anyway.
어차피 *늦었어요. = Whatever we do, we are already late.
어차피 이거 지금 못 해요. = One way or another, I cannot do this now.
* In Korean, when you say you are late, you must use the past tense since you are already in the state of being late.
2.
다음에 갈까요? = Shall we go next time?
내일 할까요? = Shall we do it tomorrow?
같이 할까요? = Shall we do it together?
Expansion & Variation Practice with Key Sentence (2)
0. Original Sentence:
일하는 중이어서 전화 못 받으니까 나중에 전화할게요.
= I am in the middle of working so I cannot take the call, so I will call you later.
* -(으)니까 means “since/therefore”.
1.
일하는 중이에요. = I am (in the middle of) working.
공부하는 중이에요. = I am (in the middle of) studying.
책 읽는 중이었어요. = I was (in the middle of) reading a book.
뭐 하는 중이었어요? = What were you doing?
2.
지금 전화 못 받으니까 나중에 전화할게요.
= I cannot answer the phone now so I will call you later.
오늘 바쁘니까 내일 만나요.
= I am busy today so let’s meet tomorrow.
밖에 비 오니까 우산 가져가세요.
= It is raining outside so take your umbrella with you.
이거 무거우니까 같이 들어요.
= It is heavy so let’s lift it together.
이거 무거우니까 *현우 씨가 들어요.
= It is heavy, so you lift it, Hyunwoo.
* When you want to say, “You lift it”, you should say the person’s name or job title rather than 당신.
Expansion & Variation Practice with Key Sentence (3)
0. Original Sentence:
여기가 제가 제일 자주 가는 카페들 중 한 곳인데, 같이 가 볼래요?
= This is one of the cafés that I visit most often. Do you want to go there together?
* This sentence can be broken down into two main parts. The first part is how to say one of the things or places that you do/have/go.
Ex)
제가 제일 자주 가는 카페들 중 한 **곳이에요.
= It is one of the cafés that I visit most often.
** You can use the word 곳 as a counter since it is a place. If you want to say a person, you can say 한 명.
1.
제가 제일 자주 가는 카페들 중 한 곳이에요.
= It is one of the cafés that I visit most often.
제가 제일 자주 만나는 친구들 중 한 명이에요.
= He/She is one of my friends that I meet most often.
제가 제일 좋아하는 영화들 중 *하나예요.
= It is one of the movies that I like the most.
* In this case you would use 하나 as it is the most commonly used.
2.
같이 가 볼래요?
= Do you want to go (check out the place) together?
내일 만날래요?
= Do you want to meet tomorrow?
*친구들 만날 건데, 같이 갈래요?
= I am going to meet my friends. Do you want to go there together?
이거 마셔 볼래요?
= Do you want to try drinking this?
* If you want to say these phrases separately, you can say, “친구들 만날 거예요. 같이 갈래요?”