Wow that was intense…

By the way, 존, wow. a new gravatar

Ever since I started studying Korean, I was confused on some irregular verbs like 낫다 and 낳다. But why is 모르다 conjugated into two ㄹ’s into 몰랐어?

Isn’t there a famous soccer quote referring to the 낫다 and 낳다 mixup?
“누가 나았냐?”

I really don’t know who’s worse: 태현 or 나래… I think I’d go for 나래, since she pretended to empathized with 혜경…

The grammar explanations in the PDF are great but… intense ! When adding the conjugation suffix after the 았/었/였 past tense suffix, you use that suffix as the “new” verb stem to, right ? (in regard to the stem vowel and which 아/어/여 conjugation base to use).

Since 여 is used with 하다 verbs, do you ever get “past suffix+여” ? (in the lesson, there’s 전화했어요…)

petiteclaire

Try saying “하였어요” three times as fast It naturally becomes “했어요” - and that’s why it’s 했어요 very often. But technically, 전화하였어요 and 전화했어요 are the same thing - it’s just that 하 + 여 is almost always combined into 해 because of the pronunciation I hope this helps!

Matt
-지 is for emphasizing. For example, 어제 추웠어? (Was it cold yesterday?) - 어제 추웠어 (It was cold yesterday.) —-> In this dialog, the second part can be changed to ‘어제 추웠지’ and it can emphasize the agreement

-(ㄴ/은/는)데 (at sentence endings) is mostly used when your are expecting some response from the other person and… in many other situations too. Hehe. Can you give me any examples where you heard this?

Today was the last lesson???!!!!! that’s so sad.
Does that mean that all lessons (newbie, intermediate,etc are going to end in #30, and then there won’t be no more lessons?

what means 꺼져있는 전화기?
i know 전화기 means telephone, but i don’t know the other word.

현우 thanks for the detailed explanation!

So there’s beginner season 2 !
What a Relief!

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In this question posted above:
여러분… 태현 씨 어떻게 생각하세요?
(Everyone… What do you think of Taehyeon?)

Besides meaning “How”, 어떻게 means “what” ?

Thanks Keith for answering.

You’re welcome Jacqueline
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Hey Claire Thanks for your questions,

After the past infix is in place, 았/었/였, you add on the conjugation of your choice according to the past suffix vowel. But since the past suffix vowel always ends in a consonant ㅆ, we always select 어.

the past tense in the standard politeness level can be summarized as 았어요/었어요. and 였어요 yes, but it is only used with 하다 verbs, and just always contracted as 했어요. I hope this makes sense!

I know it can be a bit convoluted, but I think you’re doing a great job Claire! Along with everyone else

If anyone has any more questions, don’t be shy! Hyunwoo and I are Korean.

OK, so I did a search through a script of 풀하우스 (which I have been watching over Youtube with English subs) and I found this for instance:
지은; 그래, 그 여자가 그 놈의 아이를 가졌던 거야…(하다 스스로 감탄) 오우, 점점 흥미진 진해지는데…(캬캬)

Would that be an example? I don’t know what this means so feel free to correct me if Im wrong. I just see this “는데” everywhere in Korean dramas and I hear it often when listening to people talking.

Matt,

The -는데 ending has two functions, and your examples cover both of them.

1. Conclusion ending. It terminates your sentence, with the expectation that the listener will pick up where you left off. This is your first example.
2. Conjunction ending. It links the two thoughts. This is your second example.

Jeff, Thanks for your explanation to Matt’s questions,
That was very well explained!

roxanne,
There might be a lot more new vocab and grammar points there, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy the intermediate lessons too^^ and don’t worry - if you have any questions as you go along the lessons, please feel free to ask us!!

Hyunwoo,

Thanks. I’m glad to help.

Hmm, 태현씨는 괜찬아요. atleast he didn’t give her false hope. However, 나래 should have been honest. Maybe Haeyoung wouldn’t have been so adamant.

Rejections sucks for anyone haha

Can’t wait till next series