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Modern Conversational Korean
Examples: Basic verb Meaning
••5
o
VS + °W <H / -3-
Contraction
^4
to write
^ 'H -&-
^] 9
H.4
to rise
— °] -2-
a-) ??
2*4
to turn off
xz. <H ^l
??\ ^l
4*L4
to be busy
«]-—*H-2-
u|-b«1-^.
.
°]-^-<H-&-
<^]-34-S-
JliL4
to be hungry
^--H-°-| ^-
jl^)-^
7l«l4
to be glad
7]«i<H^l
71H-B.
^-5.4
to be sad
^-=.<H^.
^^1^.
a.4
to be big
-SLo^iL
?]SL
to be sick-
Note 140. ^ not/n; interjection
what; something
7)-) Seen in Lesson 4, -?-) is a contraction of -^. It is also an exclamatory expression which softens the meaning of what is being said.
Note 141. VS + °]-/<H/oi -*! connective suffix
so, therefore, because
79 The verb stem + connective suffix o}/**]/^ M ( ^efl^i) indicates a reason for what is being said. Examples: VS+ ol-AH/0} >H
Contraction
Meaning
7\+o\x\
y\x\
because he/she went
J2-+°M
16Mi ^^
because he/she saw because he/she ate because he/she taught because he/she learned because he/she was busy
because he/she wrote
because he/she studied
4) This suffix C^-)^ ><]_£_
^i-BJl'H is not used with the imperative verb ending nor with the propositive verb ending (^.)^}^]4 • In
other words, it is used mainly in declarative and interrogatory sentences.
Examples: I'm busy, so I can't go.