Basic Korean

Andrew Sangpil Byon is Associate Professor of Korean Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, USA.

• 1 Hangul (the Korean alphabet) 2 Characteristics of the Korean language 3 Nouns 4 Predicates and endings 5 The formal speech level and the polite speech level 6 The subject case particle 이/가 7 The special particle 은/는 8 Pronouns 9 Numbers, ordinals, and plural marker 들 10 Counters, the question word 몇, and some time expressions 11 The copula 이다/아니다 and the verb of existence and location 있다/없다 12 Case particles I: 을/를 and (으)로 13 Case particles II: 의, 에, 와/과, (이)랑, and 하고 14 Case particles III: 에서, 에게, 한테, 께, 에게서, and 한테서 15 Special particles I : 도 and 만 16 Special particle II: (이)나, 부터, and 까지 17 Past tense and double past tense marker 18 Negation 19 Irregular predicates 20 Expressing desire ~고 싶다, continuous actions ~고 있다, and continuous states ~어/아 있다 21 The endings: ~(으)ㄹ 거예요and ~(으)ㄹ까요? 22 Prenouns 23 Adverbs and adverbials 24 The endings: ~(으)ㄹ래요and ~(으)ㄹ게요 25 The suffixes: ~겠 and –(으)시 26 Sentence-final endings: ~지요, ~군요, ~네요, ~잖아요