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Level 5
Intermediate Grammar
Intermediate grammar: connecting endings, honorifics
- Connect sentences with linking endings
- Use formal honorific speech (존댓말)
- Express conditions, reasons, and contrast
Lessons
Lesson 1
Connecting Sentences: ~고, ~(으)면서
Connect two actions or states using ~고 (and) and ~(으)면서 (while doing).
Lesson 2Reasons: ~(으)니까, ~아/어서
Express reasons and causes with two different patterns and their nuances.
Lesson 3Honorifics: 존댓말 System
Understand formal and polite speech levels, and the honorific ~(으)시다.
Lesson 4Casual Speech: 반말
Learn how to speak casually with friends using 반말 (informal speech).
Lesson 5Irregular Verbs
Master the most common irregular verb patterns in Korean.
Lesson 6Quoting & Reported Speech
Report what someone said using indirect quotation patterns.
Lesson 7Negation & Prohibition
Express negation with 안/못 and prohibition with -지 마세요. Understand the difference between inability and refusal.
Lesson 8Guessing & Possibility
Express guesses, assumptions, and uncertainty using -(으)ㄹ 것 같다, -나 봐요, and -겠-.