korean learningLearn Korean, Part 5: Conjugation — Present, Past, 이에요/예요
The engine of Korean sentences: stem plus ending. Build the polite present with 아/어요, the past with 았/었, and the copulas 이에요/예요 and 있어요/없어요.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 8: Connecting Sentences — 그리고, 하지만, 그래서
Korean links sentences two ways: adverbs like 그리고/하지만/그래서 between sentences, or clause endings -고/-지만/-서 glued to the first verb. Both explained.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 2: Sentence Structure and the Particle System
Korean puts the verb last; particles do word order's job. Topic vs subject, object and location markers, and how to read any sentence with a literal gloss.
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