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-는 김에 with the opportunity of doing

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A는 김에 B

means ‘doing B with the opportunity of doing A“, and it is often translated as ‘while’ or ‘since’ in English. -는 김에 is usually used with 가다/오다 verbs but not all the time.

The present tense conjugation is -는 김에 and the past tense is -(으)ㄴ 김에. For example,

부산에 가는 김에 부산에 사는 친구도 만날 거예요. (I am going to Busan, with this opportunity, I am going to meet a friend who lives in Busan.)

우체국에 가는 김에 이 편지도 좀 보내 주세요. (You are going to the post office, with the opportunity, please send this letter too.)

너 세탁소 가는 김에 내 옷도 좀 맡겨 주면 안 될까? (Since you are going to the laundry shop, could you please take mine too?)

부모님 선물 사는 김에 동생 것도 하나 주문하려고요. (Since I am buying a gift for my parents, I am also going to order one for my sister.)

명동에 온 김에 우리 쇼핑이나 하고 갈까요? (Since we are in Myoungdong, shall we go shopping too?)

이렇게 오신 김에 차라도 한 잔 하고 가세요. (Since you are already here, please have a cup of tea.)

 

너 새 신발 사는 김에 내 것도 하나 사 줘!!!!! (Since you are shopping, buy mine too!!!!)  ㅋㅋ

[Reading]야구 경기

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오늘은 야구 경기를 보러 AT&T 야구장에 갔다 왔다. 나는 야구를 즐겨 보는 편은 아니지만 야구장에 가는 것은 무척 좋아한다. 야구장에 가면 맛있는 음식도 먹을 수 있고 소리를 지르면서 스트레스도 풀 수 있기 때문이다. 특히 샌프란시스코에 있는 AT&T 야구장은 바다 바로 옆에 있어서 높은 곳에 앉으면 바다 경치도 감상할 수 있다.

오늘은 세인트루이스와 샌프란시스코 팀의 경기가 있었다. 세인트루이스 팀에는 지금 한국 선수가 한 명 뛰고 있어서 많은 한국 팬들이 세인트루이스 팀을 좋아한다. 오늘도 한국 팬들이 경기장에 많이 와서 한국 선수를 응원했다.

오늘 경기는 세인트루이스의 승리로 끝났다. 샌프란시스코 팬들은 매우 실망하면서 경기장을 나왔지만 세인트루이스 팬들은 기분이 좋아 보였다. 경기가 늦게 끝나서 정말 피곤했다. 내일은 늦잠을 자야겠다.

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<단어와 문법>

야구 : baseball
경기 : (sports) game
A(으)러 가다/오다 : go/come to A (click here to learn more)
-는/(으)ㄴ 편이다 : more likely, tend to
무척 : very
소리를 지르다 : to shout, to yell
스트레스를 풀다 : to relieve stress
특히 : especially
바로 : right (time/place)
경치 : view
감상하다 : to enjoy (view/art etc)
세인트루이스: St. Louis
샌프란시스코: San Francisco
팀: team
선수: player
뛰다 : to jump/to hop/to run/to play for a team
팬: fan
응원하다: to cheer
승리: win
매우: very
실망하다: to be disappointed
경기장: stadium
-아/어/여 보이다: to look (click here to learn more)
늦잠을 자다: to oversleep

 

Hangeul 1 – Single Vowels

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Korean Characters

Hangeul 1- 8 Single Vowels 

There are 40 characters in Korean, which are 21 vowels and 19 consonants.  The vowels can be divided to the single vowels and the double vowels.  There are 8 single vowels and 13 double vowels.

We are going to learn the single vowels in this page.

* Single vowels
You should not move your mouth or tongue while you are pronouncing single vowels. 

1) ㅏ  ‘a’ as in ‘father’, ‘spa’
[Click here to watch a video for ㅏ]

2) ㅓ ‘awe’ as in ‘awesome’ and ‘au’ as in ‘August’
[Click here to watch a video for ㅓ]

3) ㅗ ‘o’ as in ‘ghost’, ‘sofa’, however you shouldn’t move your mouth shape.
[Click here to watch a video for ㅗ]

4) ㅜ ‘oo’ as in ‘zoo’, ‘too’. You should make your lips as a round shape. 
[Click here to watch a video for ㅜ]

5) ㅡ There is no pronunciation in English that is similar to this, however you can think of an extremely freezing day, you can make this sound 🙂
[Click here to watch a video for ㅡ]

6) ㅣ’e’ as in ‘me’, ‘see’
[Click here to watch a video for ㅣ]

7-8) ㅔ/ㅐ ‘에’ is similar to ‘e’ as in ‘set, bed’ and ‘애’ is similar to ‘a’ as in ‘dad’, ‘bat’. But many Koreans don’t recognize the difference.
[Click here to watch a video for ㅔ and ㅐ]

Hangeul 2 – Double vowels

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2)  double vowels

1)ㅑ ‘ya’ : single vowel ‘ㅣ’ and single vowel ‘ㅏ’ combined

2)ㅕ ‘yeo’ : single vowel ‘ㅣ’ and single vowel ‘ㅓ’ combined

3) ㅛ ‘yo’: single vowel ‘ㅣ’ and single vowel ‘ㅗ’ combined

4) ㅠ ‘ yu’ : single vowel ‘ㅣ’ and single vowel ‘ㅜ’ combined

5-6) ㅖ/ㅒ’ye’ : single vowel ‘ㅣ’ and single vowel ‘ㅔ/ㅐ’ combined

7) ㅘ ‘wa’ : single vowel ‘ㅗ’ and single vowel ‘ㅏ’ combined

8) ㅝ’wo’ : single vowel ‘ㅜ’ and single vowel ‘ㅓ’ combined

9-10) ㅙ / ㅞ ‘wae’, ‘we’ : single vowel ‘ㅗ’ and single vowel ‘ㅐ’ combined, single vowel ‘ㅜ’ and single vowel ‘ㅔ’ combined

11) ㅚ’oe’ :It was originally a single vowel, but many people recently read this as a double vowel like ‘ㅙ/ㅞ’

12) ㅟ ‘wi’ : single vowel ㅜ’ and single vowel ‘ㅣ’ combined

13) ㅢ’eui’ : single vowel ‘ㅡ’ and single vowel ‘ㅣ’ combined

Hangeul 8 – Final consonants

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Hangeul 8-  7 Final consonants

In Korean

1) ㄴ ‘n’

2) ㅁ ‘m’

3) ㅇ ‘ng’

4) ㄹ ‘l’

5) ㄱ(ㄲ,ㅋ) ‘k’

: ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ are the same sound(ㄱ) when they are locate in an ending consonant.    e.g) 억 = 엌

6) ㅂ(ㅍ) ‘p’

: ㅂandㅍ are the same sound(ㅂ) when they are locate in an ending consonant.   e.g) 입 = 잎

7) ㄷ(ㅌ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅎ) ‘t’

:  ㄷ,ㅌ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅎ are the same sound(ㄷ) when they are locate in an ending consonant.    e.g) 읻 = 잍 = 잇 = 있 = 잊 = 잋 = 잏

If you have any question, please leave a reply.

[Grammar] 위,아래, 앞, 뒤 : Location nouns

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Location nouns
위/아래/앞/뒤/옆/왼쪽/오른쪽/안/밖

 

We are going to learn location nouns in this post.  You can put these location nouns into ‘-이/가 -에 있어요/없어요 (~ is at/in somewhere) in the previous post(click).  Let’s look at the table below to learn location nouns.

Korean
English
Example
위
top,above
책상 위 on the desk
아래
under, bottom
책상 아래 under the desk
앞
front
책상 앞 in front of the desk
뒤
back, behind
책상 뒤 behind the desk
옆
next to
책상 옆 next to the desk
왼쪽
to the left of ~
책상 왼쪽 to the left of the desk
오른쪽
to the right of~
책상 오른쪽 to the right of desk
안
inside the ~
집 안 inside the house
밖
outside of the~
집 밖 outside of the house
A하고 B 사이
between A and B
책상하고 의자 사이 between the desk and the chair

 

You can make it into a question with the question noun “어디” which means “where” instead of the noun in “Location noun+에“.

e.g)

시계가 책상 위에 있어요.
The clock is on the desk.
시계가 책상 아래에 있어요.
The clock is under the desk.
시계가 책상 앞에 있어요.
The clock is in front of the desk.
시계가 책상 뒤에 있어요.
The clock is behind the desk.
시계가 책상 옆에 있어요.
The clock is next to the desk.
시계가 책상 왼쪽에 있어요.
The clock is to the left of the desk.
시계가 책상 오른쪽에 있어요.
The clock is to the right of the desk.
고양이가 집 안에 있어요.
The cat is inside the house.
고양이가 집 밖에 있어요.
The cat is outside of the house.
고양이가 책상하고 의자 사이에 있어요.
The cat is between the desk and the chair.
선생님이 어디에 있어요?
Where is the teacher?
화장실이 어디에 있어요?
Where is the bathroom?

You can listen to the pronunciation here.

Practice1>> Tranlate it to English.

1) 돈이 가방에 없어요.

2) 컴퓨터가 집에 없어요.

3) 시계가 책상 위에 있어요.

4) 사과가 냉장고 안에 있어요.

5) 학교가 어디에 있어요?

6) 선생님이 어디에 있어요?

 

Practice2>>Translate it to Korean.

1) Where is your house?

2) The book is on the top of the desk.

3) My friend is not in America.

4) Where is the school?

5) The pen is under the book.

6) Is the cell phone in the bag?

 

If you know the answer, please leave a reply under this post. I will post the answer next weekend!

[Grammar] -에서 Place particle

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-에서 Place particle

 

We have learned the place particle -에 on the previous post(click), -에 is a place particle which means ‘existence(-에 있어요/없어요)’ or ‘direction(-에 가요/와요)’.

-에서 is also a place particle, but this is for an action, such as “I work at home”, “I study at the library” or “I eat lunch at a restaurant”.  In those sentences, ‘work’, ‘study’ and ‘eat’ have actions, you “do” something.  Let’s look at sentences below.

집에서 텔레비전을 봐요.(보다:watch) I am watching TV at home.
학교에서 공부해요.(공부하다:study) I am studying at my school.
회사에서 일해요.(일하다:work) I am working at my company.
도서관에서 책을 읽어요.(읽다:read) I am reading books at the library.
커피숍에서 친구를 만나요.(만나다:meet) I am meeting my friend at the coffee shop.
극장에서 영화를 봐요.(보다:watch) I am watching a movie at the theater.
백화점에서 신발을 사요.(사다:buy) I am buying shoes at the department store.
친구 집에서 컴퓨터 게임해요.(게임하다:play a game) I am playing a computer game at my friend’s home.

You can also listen to the pronunciation here.

* Here is the difference between 에 and 에서. -에 is used for existence(있어요/없어요/살아요) and destination(가요/와요/다녀요), while 에서 is used for action verbs.

 

* 에서 also means ‘from a place’, check this out by clicking here.