Lesson 20
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)
아무리 바빠도, 원칙대로 해야 돼요.
= No matter how busy you are, you have to do it by the rules.
Key Sentence (2)
나중에 바꾸는 한이 있더라도, 지금은 이렇게 했으면 좋겠어요.
= Even if we might end up changing it later, I hope we just go with this for now.
Key Sentence (3)
회사 일만 아니면 저도 호주로 여행을 갔을 거예요.
= If only I did not have this work from my job, I would have gone to Australia to travel, too.
Expansion & Variation Practice with Key Sentence (1)
Original Sentence:
아무리 바빠도, 원칙대로 해야 돼요.
= No matter how busy you are, you have to do it by the rules.
- 아무리 바빠도 = No matter how busy you are...
아무리 힘들어도 = No matter how tired you are...; No matter how difficult it is...
아무리 친구가 중요해도 = No matter how important friends are to you...
아무리 재미없는 이야기여도 = No matter how boring the story is...
* You can also say, “아무리 이야기가 재미없어도”.
아무리 비싸도 = No matter how expensive it is... - 원칙대로 해야 돼요. = You have to do it by the rules.
마음대로 하세요. = Do as you please.
제가 말한 대로 하세요. = Do as I said.
들은 대로 이야기해 주세요. = Tell me exactly what you heard.
약속대로 해 주세요. = Please do it as you promised you would.
Expansion & Variation Practice with Key Sentence (2)
Original Sentence:
나중에 바꾸는 한이 있더라도, 지금은 이렇게 했으면 좋겠어요.
= Even if we might end up changing it later, I hope we just go with this for now.
- 나중에 바꾸는 한이 있더라도 = Even if we have to change it later...
조금 늦는 한이 있더라도 = Even if this makes me a little late for it...
내일 다시 오는 한이 있더라도 = Even if that means I might end up coming back again tomorrow...
집에 못 가는 한이 있더라도 = Even if it means I might not be able to go home...
다른 사람들이 욕하는 한이 있더라도 = Even if it means other people might criticize me/you... - 지금은 이렇게 했으면 좋겠어요. = This time, I hope we do it like this.
사람들이 많이 왔으면 좋겠어요. = I wish a lot of people would come.
날씨가 좋았으면 좋겠어요. = I hope the weather will be nice.
창문을 닫았으면 좋겠어요. = I hope they close the window.
조용한 데로 갔으면 좋겠어요. = I hope we go somewhere quiet.
Expansion & Variation Practice with Key Sentence (3)
Original Sentence:
회사 일만 아니면 저도 호주로 여행을 갔을 거예요.
= If only I did not have this work from my job, I would have gone to Australia to travel, too.
- 회사 일만 아니면 = If only it had not been for the work from my job...
회의만 아니면 = If only it had not been for the meeting...
가족 행사만 아니면 = If only I did not have to go to this family event...
컴퓨터 바이러스만 아니면 = If only it had not been for the computer virus...
주차 요금만 아니면 = If only it had not been for the parking fees... - 저도 호주로 여행을 갔을 거예요. = I would have gone to Australia to travel, too.
저도 그렇게 말했을 거예요. = I would have said that, too.
예지 씨도 이걸 골랐을 거예요. = Yeji would have chosen this, too.
제프 씨도 좋다고 했을 거예요. = Jeff would have said good.
안 된다고 했을 거예요. = I would have said no.
잘됐을 거예요. = It would have gone well.