Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Back to Basics

Last night I picked up my Sogang Korean 1b workbook, there are lots of excercises that I didn't complete in the workbook. So, I am starting at the beginning. I am actually about to start the textbook Sogang 2b. As, is common in Korea I didn't get home from work until after 9. Actually, this is a little unusual for me, I try to always leave before 7:30 so I get home around 8.
But, lately I am working later and later.  I don't have much time to study. One of my senior colleagues said it was because I am lazy that I didn't learn Korean. This made me quite sad to hear, but it's probably true. I think I just need to speak Korean more at work...

Anyway back to Sogang 1a, The section was about future tense - "What will you do?" and the exercise was very short dialogues that gave you the verb that you had to conjugate using ~거예요.

I understood the dialogues (which is a relief, as the text book is 2 levels below my current supposed level) but some of the verbs I couldn't conjugate properly.

I conjugated 사진찍다 to 사진찍을 거예요 
but I was confused how to conjugate I will buy ~ / 사다. 
I kept wanting to use 샀 거예요 as in the past tense 샀어요.
But of course it should have been to ~살 거예요.

It is fundamental problems like this and major gaps in my learning that cause most of my problems, when placed on the spot to speak Korean, I can usually get the correct base of the verb but getting the tense right is usually an issue for me.  The result is I give the verb and mumble a wild guess at the conjugated verb tense and usually end up speaking in English.  I really need to fix this. I often remind myself that I have a great opportunity to learn Korean by living in Korea and after more than 2 years I am really regretting the wasted opportunities.

What do I have to do? Memorize the conjugations? - Probably this is the best way...

This is a most valuable resource

I will post a list of the verbs and their conjugated forms, when I have finished reviewing the chapter.

But for those unfamiliar with Korean verb forms and honorific levels, Here it what I am up against

하다
definition
to do
type
regular verb
tense/politeness levelconjugation
declarative present informal low
declarative present informal high해요
declarative present formal low한다
declarative present formal high합니다
past base
declarative past informal low했어
declarative past informal high했어요
declarative past formal low했다
declarative past formal high했습니다
future base
declarative future informal low할 거야
declarative future informal high할 거예요
declarative future formal low할 거다
declarative future formal high할 겁니다
declarative future conditional informal low하겠어
declarative future conditional informal high하겠어요
declarative future conditional formal low하겠다
declarative future conditional formal high하겠습니다
inquisitive present informal low해?
inquisitive present informal high해요?
inquisitive present formal low하니?
inquisitive present formal high합니까?
inquisitive past informal low했어?
inquisitive past informal high했어요?
inquisitive past formal low했니?
inquisitive past formal high했습니까?
imperative present informal low
imperative present informal high하세요
imperative present formal low해라
imperative present formal high하십시오
propositive present informal low
propositive present informal high해요
propositive present formal low하자
propositive present formal high합시다
connective if하면
connective and하고
nominal ing
Here are the answers to the questions in Chapter one on ~거예요

문법 -을 거예요①

운동할 거예요만날 거예요쉴 거예요배울 거예요읽을 거예요볼 거예요먹을 거예요

. 1. 내일 은행에 갈 거예요
2. 내일 테니스를 칠 거예요
3. 내일 친구를 만날 거예요
4. 오늘 오후에 집에서 쉴 거예요
5. 오늘 오후에 학교에서 점심을 먹을 거예요
6. 오늘 저녁에 집에서 책을 읽을 거예요
7. 내년 설날에 한복을 입을 거예요
8. 이번 주말에 콘서트에서 음악을 들을 거예요
9. 이번 주말에 친구 집에서 놀 거예요
10. 이번 주말에 집에서 음식을 만들 거예요

. 1. 갈 거예요
2. 살 거예요
3. 찍을 거예요
4. 여행할 거예요
5. 만들 거예요

. 1. 뭐 할 거예요? / 친구하고 식사할 거예요
2. 친구를 만날 거예요
3. 수영할 거예요
4. 뭐 할 거예요? / 등산할 거예요


Check
-을 거예요
읽다
읽을 거예요
먹다
먹을 거예요
가다
갈 거예요
보다
볼 거예요
㉢ 듣다
들을 거예요
㉣ 만들다
만들 거예요


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