Basic Korean

BASIC KOREAN: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This workbook presents twenty-five individual grammar points in lively and realistic contexts, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Korean. Grammar points are followed byexamples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning. Basic Korean is suitable for both class use as well as independent study. Key features include: • abundant exercises with full answer key • all Korean entries presented in Hangul with English translations • subject index. Clearly presented and user-friendly, Basic Korean provides readers with the essential toolsto express themselves in a wide variety of situations, making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for both beginners and students with some knowledge of the language. Andrew Sangpil Byon is Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Albany, where he teaches courses in Korean language and civilization.

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BASIC KOREAN: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK
Andrew Sangpil Byon

First published 2009 by Routledge 2 Park Square,Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go towww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk .” © 2009 Andrew Sangpil Byon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguingin Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Byon, Andrew Sangpil. Basic Korean : a grammar & workbook / Andrew Sangpil Byon. – 1st ed. p. cm. – (Grammar workbook series) 1. Korean language – Grammar – Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Korean language – Textbooks for foreign speakers – English. I. Title.PL913.B96 2008 495.7′82421–dc22 2008006927 ISBN 0-203-89227-5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10 0-415-77487-X (pbk) ISBN10 0-203-89227-5 (ebk) ISBN13 978-0-415-77487-1 (pbk) ISBN13 978-0-203-89227-5 (ebk)

CONTENTS

Preface

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Reading Hangul (the Korean alphabet) Characteristics of the Korean language Nouns Predicates and endings The deferentialspeech level and the polite speech level The subject case particle The special particle Pronouns Numbers, ordinals, and plural marker Counters, question word expressions The copula location Case particles 1 Case particles 2 hago and Case particles 3 egesO, and Special particles 1 Special particles 2 Ul/ Ui, esO, tUl Un/ i/ka nUn

1 9 15 23 29 39 47 55 65 73

myOt, and some time and the verb ofexistence and 81 lUl and e, wa/ (U)ro kwa, hant’e, irang, 99 ege, hant’esO man put’O, and kkaji kke, 109 117 125 89

to and ina,

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Contents Past tense and double past tense marker Negation Irregular verbs Expressing desire form -ko itta The endings -(U)l kkayo? Prenouns Adverbs and adverbials The endings The suffixes -(U)l laeyo and -ket and -(U)si -(U)lgeyo -ko...