집에 가자마자 뭐 하세요?
(What do you do as soon as you get home?)

저는 집에 가자마자 컴퓨터를 써요.

집에 가자마자 샤워해요. 그리고, 보통 숙제를 많아기때문에 공부해야해요.
저는 대학에서 한국말을 배우지만 한국말을 아주 힘들어요.

나 일어나마자 커피 만들어.

미현씨는 키가 얼마나 커세요? 보자마자 제가 날랄 거에요?

Max,

나는 일어나자마자 물 마셔 ㅎㅎ
(I drink water as soon as I get up.)

일어나마자 –> 일어나자마자

Theresa
ㅎㅎㅎ 맞아 맞아 . 버스에 화장실이 있으면 좋을 텐데…
(Yeah it would be nice if buses had toilets on them)

그런데 버스가 좀 더 커져야할 것 같아.
(But the buses will have to be bigger.) ㅎ

Marcus

ㅎㅎ 미현 씨는 키가 … 166 cm 정도 되는 것 같아요 ^^

저도 정확히는 몰라요. (I’m not sure though. ) ㅎㅎ

크다 is conjugated:
- 커
- 커요
- 크세요
- 큽니다

Marcus

헤헤 ^^ 다행이에요.
“내 키가 더 크네”가 맞아요 ^^ ㅎ

Hello Teachers, hello everybody. Here’s my best effort:

집에 가자마자 맥주를 마시에요

This is my fifth Lower Intermediate lesson, and although I’m far from ready for it yet, I’ll keep plugging away at it. I love this level! The Korean “banter” is more understandable (60% - 75%?) than I had dared to hope, thanks to the Teachers’ skills in supplying just enough English. And it only gets better, with more listening practice…

One scary difference which sets this level apart from the previous level is the inclusion of some vocab which seems to be outside what you would find in a strictly linear approach (Cf. Beginner). Or maybe I haven’t been following the Beginner lessons as well as I thought! But it’s not a problem to look things up a dictionary, and at least you have gotten me started — finally — on that.

So thank you so SO much! If there is room for one little request: If it’s at all possible to include the “dictionary form” of new verbs somewhere in the pdf (even in square brackets), that would be a huge help to me. When I look at the numerous great examples, it seems that I “get” the new conjugation patterns so much more easily if I can compare them with the “dictionary” forms. Except for exceptions, of course, but never mind !

Again, thank you so much…. you seem to be doing everything right so that people like me have the best possible chance to try and follow the LI lessons. It’s much appreciated.

Hey Auntie! Don’t sweat it! When the conjugations merge, they get tricky for everybody. I get confused too

마시다
마시 + 어여
마시어요
시 + 어 = 여
마셔요.

Hope this helps!

And as for adding [verb stem] next to the conjugated forms, that sounds like a very practical, and easy to implement suggestion. I hope to do that soon

Thank again for the wonderful feedback, and for always participating!

저는 집에 가자마자 양치를 해요 ^^

Thanks Keith 老师 ! 그럼, 저는 집에 가자마자 맥주를 마셔요 .

Auntie, I think the 汉字 for 선셍님 (teacher) should be 先生人 instead of 老师.

Robert Great questions!

Let me answer them one by one.^^

1. In the part “다른 데로 갔어”, 다른 데 means ‘different + place’ so it’s “elsewhere”, and “로” means “toward/to” here. You could say ‘다른 데에’, too, but “로/으로” has a strong nuance of ‘direction/going toward a place’ than ‘에’ And ‘에서’ means ‘at/from’.

2. In “아르바이트 가야 돼”, the verb ending “-야 되다” is the part that means “to have to/must/should” So 가다 becomes 가야 되다 to means ‘to have to go’

가야 돼요. = I have to go.
자야 돼요. = I have to sleep.
해야 돼요. = I have to do it.

-야 되다 is the same as -야 하다.

4. In “영화 보러 갈 거야”, -러 means “in order to” or just “to”

So 영화 보러 가다 = to go to see a movie
밥 먹으러 가다 = to go to eat
공부하러 가다 = to go to study
일하러 가다 = to go to work

5. In “왜 그렇게 화를 내?” , 내 is the intimate politeness level conjugation for the verb “내다”, which means “to let out” or “to take out” or “to submit”

화를 내다 means ‘to get angry’ or ‘to let one’s angry out on someone’

내 is indeed “my” or “I”, but not in this position ^^

I hope this helps!! And more questions are always welcomed!!!