This pattern is used when attempting to help someone and corresponds to ‘Shall I’, ‘Allow me’, or ‘I will’ in English. When the person...

Verbs-아/어 주세요 or  Verbs-아/어 주시겠어요expresses a request to someone to perform an action and corresponds to ‘please/would you’ in English....

Noun때문에 and Verb/Adjective-기 때문에 express the reason for or cause of the situation described in the second clause and correspond to...

Verbs/Adjectives-(으)니까 indicates both reasons, causes, and giving background information or explanation.   First, when -(으)니까  means...

Verbs-아/어서 is used to express that the information in the first clause is the reason for or the cause of the succeeding clause. It...

Verbs/Adjectives-았/었으면 좋겠다 expresses a person's wish or hope about something that has yet to be realized. It can also be used when...

Verbs-고 싶다 expresses the wish or hope of the speaker and corresponds to ‘want to’ in English. -고 싶다 is added to verb stems. If the...

Verbs/Adjectives-지 않아도 되다 expresses that a particular state of affairs or behavior is not necessary and is the negative form of...

Verbs/Adjectives-(으)면 안 되다 expresses the prohibition or limitation of a particular action of the listener. It can represent social...

Verbs/Adjectives-아/어도 되다 expresses permission or approval for a behavior. It corresponds to ‘may’ or ‘be allowed to’ in English. It has...

Verbs/Adjectives-아/어야 되다/하다 expresses an obligation or necessity to do something or the necessity of a certain condition. It corresponds...

-지 마세요 is used when requesting, persuading, indicating, or ordering the listener not to do something. This is the negative form of -(으)세요...

-(으)세요 is used when politely asking the listener to do something, or when making a request, or when giving directions or orders. It...

Verbs 을/ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다 Mean in Korea expresses whether one knows how, or has the ability, to do something.   When the verb stem ends in a...

Verbs – 을/ㄹ 수있다/없다 expresses ability or possibility.   When someone or something is able to do something, or when something is possible,...

Verbs-은/ㄴ 지 indicates how much time has passed since some situation or action occurred and thus it ‘since’ in English.   It can be...

동안 means ‘while’. It can be used in the form of Noun동안 or Verbs-는 동안.   It expresses the length of time starting when a certain action or...

-자마자 indicates that something occurs immediately following the end of some event or action. It is added to the verb and means ‘as soon...

중 is a Hanja (Chinese character) meaning ‘middle’. Therefore, Noun중 and Verbs-는 중 can be used to indicate that the subject is in the...

-(으)면서 indicates that the actions of the first and second verbs occur simultaneously. It means ‘while’ in English. When the verb stem...