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Beginner Lesson S2 #14 – At School Today, I Learned to Read AND Write in Korean!

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At first, your eight-year-old son was not very excited about moving to Korea. He begged and pleaded to stay with friends back home! “Mom,” he said, “I don’t even know how to speak Korean!” However, today he came bursting through the front door of your new home in Korea screaming with excitement! After only a week at his new Korean school, he has learned some valuable Korean lessons he can’t wait to share with the family! He screams in Korean, “Mom and Dad! I learned to read and write in Korean this week!” Excited to see your son smiling again, you ask him what he learned. He tells you in Korean, “I learned to read and write cat and dog and ball and…!” Laughing at your son’s happiness and excitement, you stop him and tell him in Korean, “obviously, you also learned to say AND!”

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Grammar: 고 | Function: using multiple verbs in a sequence | Topic: chores, cleaning, laundry, food | Politeness Level: intimate, standard

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17 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #14 – At School Today, I Learned to Read AND Write in Korean!”

KoreanClass101.com says:
Monday at 6:30 pm

여러분… 한국어는 재밌고…
(Everyone… Korean is fun… and?)

maxiewawa says:
Monday at 8:40 pm

What a terrible mother!

Does …고, …고, …고 specifically that he did all those things in that order? Or that he did all those things, but might have done them in a different order?

Thanks for your help!

선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
Monday at 10:26 pm

maxiewawa

It’s like in English Generally, it’s in THAT specific order… but you can add words like “그 전에(=before that)” or “그 다음에(=after that)” to designate specific orders - so it can be all mixed up

Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:
Tuesday at 5:19 am

한국어는 재밌고 최고예요!

선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
Tuesday at 11:04 am

쟈클린은 똑똑하고 한국어를 잘 해요. ㅎㅎ

그리고 쟈클린은 레슨을 듣고 (항상) 코멘트를 남겨요 쟈클린 최고~ ㅎㅎ

Shan says:
Tuesday at 6:22 pm

A question about the last point in the PDF. So it’s not necessary to put the verbs in past tense first before adding 고?

In the conversation, it was 정소했고, 빨래했고…

But would it be ok too to say 정소하고, 빨래하고… 공부했어요 (as long as the last verb is in past tense)?

선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
Tuesday at 7:14 pm

Shan

Yes As long as the last sentence clearly states that it was in the past, you can omit the past tence conjugation in the verbs that come before

arnold custodio says:
Saturday at 3:24 pm

what do you mean by 라고 in a sentences? this means present tense?

Keith says:
Monday at 5:23 pm

Arnold

The 고 from this sentence is used to combine the verbs in a sequence.

라고 is used for “reported speech”

Would you please give me an example so we can help you better?

ryans class says:
Thursday at 9:40 pm

Hi guys

I am not sure if I am correct….?
고 is used to combine clauses that contain verbs. for example:
학교에서 수업 듣고 공부 하고 왔어요.
I went to class (clause 1) and studied at school (clause 2)and came back (clause 3).

but can it be used to create connected verb patterns in the same way?
For example in the above sentence the two verbs are joined directly together; ‘used (verb 1) to create (verb 2)’.
In english this happens all the time, after the first verb we need to use either the basic shape of the verb or an -ing form of the verb.
So we would say ‘I agreed to watch TV with him’ or ‘I avoided watching TV with him’ (but the opposite is impossible).
Is it possible to directly connect verbs like this using 고?

Sticky grammar is great, hey?!

Thanks
Ryan