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Korean Grammar Cheat Sheet

This document provides a list of Korean conjunctions and expressions used to connect and relate clauses, phrases, and sentences. It includes over 170 entries explaining the function and meaning of each conjunction or expression, such as indicating time, reason, contrast, condition, or manner. For each entry, examples are provided to illustrate usage and clarify nuances in meaning.

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Korean Grammar Cheat Sheet

This document provides a list of Korean conjunctions and expressions used to connect and relate clauses, phrases, and sentences. It includes over 170 entries explaining the function and meaning of each conjunction or expression, such as indicating time, reason, contrast, condition, or manner. For each entry, examples are provided to illustrate usage and clarify nuances in meaning.

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A/V~아 / 어 / 해도 되다 -- Be allowed to / It's okay ( If you do this )

2. 안 A/V~아 / 어 / 해도 되다 -- Don't have to

3. A/V~지 않아도 되다 -- Don't have to

4. A/V~지 않다 -- Not

5. 안 A/V -- Not

6. V~(으)ㄹ 수 있다 -- Can

7. V~(으)ㄹ 수 없다 -- Can't

8. V~(으)ㄹ리가 없다 -- Can't / It's imposible / there's no way

9. 못 V -- Can't

10. V~지 못하다 -- Can't

11. N~와 / 과 -- And

12. N~(이)랑 -- And

13. N~하고 -- And

14. A/V~고 -- And

15. A/V~아 / 어 / 해서 -- And ( Connect 2 actions sequentially )

-- Because ( Expresses the reason for or cause of something )

-- By ( Expresses means or method )


16. N~에서 -- At / In / from ( Range of location )

17. N~부터 -- From ( Range of time )

18. N~까지 -- To / Until ( Range of location / Range of time )

19. N~에게 / 한테 -- To ( Person )

20. N~에게서 / 한테서 -- From ( Person )

21. V~(으)로 -- To / Towards ( Place ) By / With / Using / From ( Tools )

22. A/V~지만 -- But

23. A~(으)ㄴ데 -- But / So / Therefore / And ( Express background information about anything)

24. V~는데 -- But

25. N 전에 -- Before / Ago

26. V~기 전에 -- Before / Ago

27. N 후에 -- After / Later

28. V~(으)ㄴ 후에 -- After / Later

29. V~고 나서 -- After doing

30. V~고 나니까 -- After doing .. I found out that

31. V~고 나면 -- If I do .. It will ( 2nd sentence should be Present or Future )

32. N 때 -- During / When ( Express the time when something happen )

33. V~(으) ㄹ 때 -- During / When

34. N 동안 -- During / When / At the time of ( Express the duration or time of any action done )

35. V~는 동안 -- During / When / At the time of


36. V~(으)면서 -- While / During ( Use when 2 activities occur one after another, simultaneously)

37. V~(으)며 -- While / During / And ( A little formal )

38. V~(으)ㄴ 지 -- Since

39. N 증 -- In the process of / Currently doing

40. V~는중 -- In the process of / Currently doing

41. V~아 / 어 있다 -- V~ing / being 서 있다 standing / 벝어 있다 being attached

42. V~고 있다 -- V~ing

43. V~(으)ㄹ 줄 알다 / 모르다-- Know / Don't know how to FUTURE POSIBILITY

44. V~는 줄 알다 / 모르다 -- Know / Don't know how to PRESENT

45. V~(으)ㄴ 줄 알다 / 모르다 -- Know / Don't know how to PAST

46. A/V ~(으)ㄹ지 모르겠다 -- I don't know if PRESENT

47. A/V ~었 / 았 / 였을지 모르겠다 -- I don't know if PAST

48. N ~일지 모르겠다 -- I don't know if

49. V~(으)세요 -- Please ( Do )

50. V~지 마세요 -- Please do not ( Do )

51. A/V~(으)면 되다 -- May / Be allowed to

52. A/V~(으)면 안 되다 -- May not / Not allowed

53. A/V~(으)면 안 되다? -- Could / Can / Will ( you )


54. A/V~기만 하면 되다 -- All you have to do / As long as / Just have to

55. V~기만 하면 -- Whenever I feel sad / Only if V / As long as V

56. A/V~아 / 어야 되다 / 하다 -- Must / Have ( To )

57. V~고 싶다 -- Want to FUTURE

58. A/V~았 / 었으면 좋겠다 -- It will be good if ( Wish / hope for some things to happen )

59. N~(이)라서 -- Because / Since / For being a doctor PRESENT

60. A/V~아서 / 어서 -- Because ( Of ) / So..That..

61. A/V~(으)니까 -- Because / So ( Request / Command )

62. V~(으)니까 -- When / (Do) something only to discover

63. N 때문에 -- Because

64. A/V~기 때문에 -- Because ( Wish to describe the reason of action / event )

65. A/V 덕분에 -- Because of / Thanks to ( Always positive effect of action / state )

66. V~아 / 어 주세요 -- Please / Would you ( Polite request or polite command to someone )

67. V~아 / 어 주시겠어요? -- Would you do a little favor for me please? ( More polite )

68. V~아 / 어 줄까요? -- Would you like me to do something for you? ( M

69. V~아 / 어 드릴까요? -- ( Shows more respect to the listener )

70. V~(으)ㄹ까요? -- Shall we? ( Suggest something together with listerner )


71. V~(으)ㄹ까요? -- Shall I ? / Do you want me to? ( Ask listener's opinion )

72. A/V~(으)ㄹ까요? -- Do you think..?

73. V~(으)시겠어요? -- Would you ( Mind / Like to )..? / Why not..?

74. V~ㅂ시다 -- Let's / Shall we

75. V~(으)ㄹ래요? -- Want to..? / How about..?

76. V~고자 -- Would like to / Willing to ( Speech / Presentation ) only PRESENT

77. V~(으)ㄹ게요 -- ( I ) will ( Do ) FUTURE

78. V~(으)ㄹ것이다 -- ( I ) will ( Most stronger ) FUTURE

79. A/V~겠어요 -- I Will / I Am going to / I plan to FUTURE

80. V~ㄹ래요 -- Be going to / Will FUTURE

81. V~(으)려고 하다 -- Plan to / Intend to FUTURE

82. V~기로 하다 -- Decides to FUTURE

83. V~기로 핬다 -- Decided to

84. V~(으)려면 -- If you want to FUTURE

85. A/V~(으)면 -- If / When / Once FUTURE

86. V~는 편이다 -- Tend to ( Regularly ) 보다 -- Than ( Adverb is often necessary )

87. A~(으)ㄴ 편이다 -- Rather 보다 -- Than ( Adverb is often necessary )

88. 안 A/V~(으)ㄴ/는 편이다 -- Don't tend to

89. A/V~(으)ㄴ/는 편이 아니다 -- Don't tend to


90. V~(으)려고 -- ( In order ) to / So that

91. V~(으)러 가다 / 오다 -- ( In order ) To

92. N~을/를 위해(서) - For the sake of / ( In order) To

93. V~기 위해(서) -- For the sake of / ( In order) To

94. V~도록 -- Untill / Till ( Sentence Final ending )

95. V~도록 -- (So) that / In order that (to)

96. V~지 않도록 -- (So) not that / In order not that (to)

94. V~아 / 어 오다 -- Untill / Till ( Progress )

94. V~아 / 어 가다 -- Untill / Till ( Continuation )

97. A/V~겠어요 -- Looks like / Sounds / Appears

98. A~아 / 어하다 -- Appears ( to be ) / Seems like ( Make adjective into verb )

99. A/V~(으)ㄴ/ 는 / (으)ㄹ 것 같다 -- Looks / Sounds like / Appears that

99. V~나 보다 -- Guess / Must be / It seems that ( Without direct experience )

99. A~(으)ㄴ가 보다 -- Guess / Must be / It seems that

100. A/V~을 / ㄹ까 봐 -- It seems like ( something ) / I'm afraid that is ( something ) PRESENT

101. A/V~았 / 었을까 봐 -- It seems like / I'm afraid that PAST

102. N~일까 봐 -- It seems like / I'm afraid that PRESENT

103. N~였을까 봐 -- It seems like / I'm afraid that PAST

104. N~처럼/같이 -- Like / As..As


105. A~(으)ㄴ 적이 있다 -- I had an experience ( PAST )

106. A~(으)ㄴ 적이 없다 -- I haven't had an experience ( PAST )

107. V~(으)ㄴ 적이 있다 -- Have done / Had

108. V~(으)ㄴ 적이 없다 -- Haven't done / Hadn't

109. A/V~(으)ㄴ 지(가) 얼마 안 되었다 (됬다) -- It hasn't been that long since + Verb

110. A/V~(으)ㄴ 지(가) 얼마 되지 않다 -- It hasn't been that long since + Verb

111. A/V~(으)ㄴ 지(가) 오래되었다 (됬다) -- It has been that long since + Verb

112. N~할 지 or 것 V-- It has

113. A/V~는대로 -- As one's experience ( PESENT )

114. A/V~(으)ㄴ대로 -- As one's experience ( PAST )

115. N~내로 -- As one's experience ( PRESENT )

116. A/V~더니 -- And / But ( now ) ( Indicate contrast in the past and the current state now )

117. V~려는 -- Trying to / About to

118. V~아 / 어 보다 -- Try ( PRESENT )

119. V~아 / 어 봤다 -- Experience / have been ( PAST )


120. N~(이)라고 하다 -- Called / Said / Told (이)래요 ( Short term )

121. N~(이)라는 -- Called ( Noun who is a noun ) (이)란 ( Short term )

122. V~는 / ㄴ다고 하다 -- Said ( When you know about something happening indirectly )

V~는 / ㄴ대요 ( Short term )

123. V 다는 N-- A noun (is) / who is doing Verb V~단 ( Short term )

124. V~(으)라고 하다 -- Said / Told ( When you are qouting IMPERATIVE statement )

V~래요 ( Short term ) Command / Request

125. V~자고 하다 -- Said / Told ( When you are qouting SUGGESTIVE statement )

V~래요 ( Short term ) Suggest

126. A/V~지 말자고 하다 -- Told.. ( not to ) V~지 말재요 ( Short term )

127. V~냐고 하다 -- Said / Told ( When you are qouting INTERROGATIVE statement )

V~냬요 ( Short term ) Asking

128. N~(이)라고 -- Said that / Said as / Called by / Is called

129. N~라고 해도 -- Even if someone says that


130. V~게 되다 -- End up doing ( When something happened that wasn't planned but the situation
changed and you end up doing something )

131. A~아 / 어지다 -- Become + er / Turn into / getting

131. V~는 데 걸리다 / 들다 -- Takes / Requires / Costs.. to ( Do )

132. A/V~(으)ㄴ / 는지 -- Who / What / Where / When / How / Whether + clause

133. A/V~지요? -- Isn't ? / Aren't? Don't? / Doesn't?

134. V~나요? -- Is / Was it..? Are / Were you..? Do / Did you..?

135. A~(으)ㄴ가요? -- Is / Was it..? Are / Were you..? Do / Did you..?

136. A/V~군요 / 는군요 -- I see ( That ) / Indeed / How / !

138. A/V~네요 -- Really / Certainly / Wow / My (!)

139. A/V~(으)ㄴ / 는데요 -- Well ( In my case )

140. A/V/N~거든(요) -- Give information & explanation

141. V~자마자 -- As soon as

142. V~(으)ㄴ / 는 지 -- Guessing / Thinking / Knowing ( doubt )


143. A/V~(으)ㄴ/ 는데 -- And / So / Therefore ( Reason / Background)

144. A/V~아도 / 어도 -- Even (if) though / Regardless

145. N~(이)라도 -- Even / No matter (what) who / Whatever / Whoever

146. V~기도 하다 -- Sometimes / At the same time

147. A~게 -- In a.. manner / ~ly

148. A/V~기 -- ~ing ( Turn verbs & adjectives into nouns )

149. N~밖에 -- Only / Nothing but

150. N~쯤 -- About / Around ( Numbers, Quantities, Time )

151. V~거나 -- Or

153. 는 -- Who / Where

154. ~였 -- ( Past tense 하다 )

155. 얼마전 -- Few days ago

156. 때도 -- Even when you / sometimes

157. 그때 -- At that time

158. 상관없이 -- Regardless

159. 있어도 -- Even

160. 하려는데 -- Trying


161. (그)때부터 -- Since then

162. N~끼리 -- Among / Between / With

163. V~느라고 -- ( Preceding clause is the reason for, or cause of the following clause. )

164. 왜냐하면 -- So Result ( 1st ) - Reason ( 2nd ) must use 기 때문이다 or 거든요 ( It is caused )

165. 그래서 -- So Reason ( 1st ) - Result ( 2nd )

166. 그러니까 -- So / Therefore ( 1st ) Natural reason for ( 2nd ) followed by

167. 그러나 -- However / But ( Very formal only use for written )

168. 하지만 -- However / But ( Little bit formal that 그런데 )

169. 그런데 -- However / But other meaning By the way / Besides ( 1st ) - Contrast ( 2nd )

170. 그러면 -- Then ( 1st is Assumption behind the 2nd)

171. 그래도 -- But Still / Nevertheless ( Something happened even though there is something that
might have stop it from happened ) korean is so difficult but still he earned a big score

172. 한다 -- To do ( At this moment )

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