Lesson 3
When you conjugate a Korean verb, the -ㅂ니다 ending is one of the most formal forms that you can use. If you want to turn that into a 반말 sentence, you need to first conjugate it to the less formal -요 form, and then drop -요 like you did in the previous lesson.
Examples
- 네, 알겠습니다. (Yes, I understand.) → 네, 알겠어요. → 응, 알겠어.
- 좋습니다. (It sounds good. Okay.) → 좋아요. → 좋아.
- 너무 무겁습니다. (It’s too heavy.) → 너무 무거워요. → 너무 무거워.