Free Korean for Dummies by Wang. Jungwook.; Lee Hong

someone walking with you?) For verbs whose actions have happened or took place : add a n to a verb stem whose final syllable ends in a vowel and eon for dictionary stems with consonant endings.
    For example: i yeonghwa bon saram iseoyo ? ( ee young-hwa bon sa-ram ee-ssuh-yo?; Has anyone seen this film?) For example: noriteoeseo nold-eon saramiseoyo ? ( noree-tuh-ae-suh nol-deun-sa-ram ee-ssuh-yo ? ; Was anyone playing at the playground?) Making Korean verbs with English verbs and adjectives
    Many Koreans will add haeyo ( ~ hae-yo; it is~) onto an English verb or adjective and use it as if it were a Korean word. Look at the following sentences.
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    Oh~ dress -ga elegant -haeyo . (Oh the dress is elegant)
    [Some situation in a Korean soap opera]- ga dramatic -haeyo . [Oh, (the situation in the drama) is dramatic]
    Plato -ga Memorial gym- esu work-out- haeyo . (Plato works out at Memorial Gym)
    Jeo- neun swimming pool- esu , warm-up- haeyo (I warm up in the swimming pool.)
    In fact you can use English verbs and adjectives to make Korean ones. If you put haeyo after an English verb or adjective and incorporate it into a Korean sentence, you can speak a grammatically correct sentence that one of your Korean friends will most likely understand. So if you say something like, John-i television- eul living-room- esu watch- haeyo , or This meatloaf- ga rock-hard-haeyo, your Korean friends will be able to respond accordingly. Try practicing using particles, adjective, and verbs in this manner, and you’ll be speaking Korean in no time.
    Talkin’ the Talk
    Jason and Alice are friends. Jason is asking Alice if she’ll go to the movies with him.
    Jason:
    aelliseussi, gachi yeonghwa bol saram iseoyo?
    al-li-sseu-sshi, ga-chi young-hwa bol sa-ram ee-ssuh-yo?
    Alice, do you have someone to watch movies with?
    Alice:
    aniyo jeiseunssi gachi bolsarami eopseoyo
    a-ni-yo, jei-son-sshi. ga-chi bol sa-ram-ee uhp-ssuh-yo
    No, Jason. I don’t have someone to watch movies
    with.
    Jason:
    geureom jeorang gachi bosillaeyo
    geu-rum, juh-rang ga-chi bo-shil-lae-yo?
    Then, would you like to watch a movie with me?
    Alice: jeongmaryo?
    geureom
    jochyo
    jungmal-yo? geu-rum jo-cho
    Really? I’d like that.
    Jason:
    geureom naeil 12sie yeonghwagwan apeseo
    mannayo
    geu-rum, nae-il 12shi-ae young-hwa-gwan a-pae-suh
    man-na-yo
    Then, let’s meet in front of the movie theater at
    12 noon.
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    Alice:
    gomawoyo jeiseunssi, naeil bwayo
    go-ma-wo-yo, jei-son-sshi. nae-il-bwa-yo.
    Thank you, Jason. See you tomorrow.
    Words to Know
    ap
    ap
    Front
    eoje
    uh-jae
    Yesterday
    gachi ga-chi
    Together
    jigeum
    jee-geum
    Now
    maeil
    mae-il
    Everyday
    naeil
    nae-il
    Tomorrow
    pyo
    pyo
    Ticket
    saram
    sa-ram
    Person/people
    yeonghwa
    young-hwa
    Movies
    yeonghwagwan
    young-hwa-gwan
    Movie theater
    Adjectives
    In English, adjectives can come before a noun and function as the “good” in
    “good wine,” or they can function as the “is good” in “the wine is good.” Here in this section, let’s go over how to use adjectives as descriptive verbs and as noun modifiers.
    Using adjectives like verbs
    Korean adjectives have a dictionary form and conjugate just like verbs. Using adjectives in Korean may be strange at first because Korean adjectives mimic much of the behavior of verbs.
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    aiga eoryeoyo ( a-ee-ga uh-ryuh-yo; child is young)
    jeoneun bappayo ( juh-neun ba-ppa-yo; I’m busy)
    doni manayo ( do-nee ma-na-yo; there is lots of money)
    hwajangpumi bissayo ( hwajang-poom-ee bee-ssa-yo; make up is expensive)
    Notice that there are only two Korean words in each sentence: the subject and the adjective.
    There is no linking verb such as is or was . To use an adjective all you need is the