Korean Grammar in Use : Beginning

Preface ..........................................................4
How to Use This Book.....................................6

Introduction to the Korean Language
1. Korean Sentence Structure........................14
2. Conjugation of Verbs and Adjectives..........15
3. Connecting Sentences..............................16
4. Sentence Types.........................................17
5. Honorific Expressions................................20

Getting Ready
01 이다 (to be)......................................26
02 있다 (to exist/be, to have)................28
03 Numbers..........................................31
04 Dates and Days of the Week............37
05 Time................................................39

Unit 1. Tenses
01 Present Tense A/V-(스)ㅂ니다.........42
02 Present Tense A/V-아/어요............45
03 Past Tense A/V-았/었어요..............49
04 Future Tense V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 ①......52
05 Progressive Tense V-고 있다 ①......54
06 Past Perfect Tense A/V-았/었었어요................56

Unit 2. Negative Expressions
01 Word Negation.................................60
02 안 A/V-아/어요 (A/V-지 않아요).......62
03 못 V-아/어요 (V-지 못해요)...............65

Unit 3. Particles
01 N이/가..............................................68
02 N은/는..............................................71
03 N을/를..............................................74
04 N와/과, N(이)랑, N하고......................76
05 N의..................................................78
06 N에 ①..............................................81
07 N에 ②..............................................83
08 N에서...............................................86
09 N에서 N까지, N부터 N까지.................89
10 N에게/한테.......................................91
11 N도..................................................94
12 N만..................................................97
13 N밖에...............................................99
14 N(으)로...........................................102
15 N(이)나 ①.......................................105
16 N(이)나 ②.......................................107
17 N쯤................................................110
18 N처럼, N같이..................................112
19 N보다.............................................114
20 N마다.............................................116

Unit 4. Listing and Contrast
01 A/V-고.................................................120
02 V-거나.................................................123
03 A/V-지만.............................................125
04 A/V-(으)ㄴ/는데 ①.............................127

Unit 5. Time Expressions
01 N 전에, V-기 전에...............................130
02 N 후에, V-(으)ㄴ 후에.........................133
03 V-고 나서............................................136
04 V-아/어서 ①.......................................139
05 N 때, A/V-(으)ㄹ 때............................142
06 V-(으)면서......................................145
07 N 중, V-는 중.................................148
08 V-자마자........................................151
09 N 동안, V-는 동안...........................154
10 V-(으)ㄴ 지.....................................157

Unit 6. Ability and Possibility
01 V-(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다.....................160
02 V-(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다..................163

Unit 7. Demands and Obligations, Permission and Prohibition
01 V-(으)세요......................................166
02 V-지 마세요....................................169
03 A/V-아/어야 되다/하다...................171
04 A/V-아/어도 되다...........................174
05 A/V-(으)면 안 되다.........................176
06 A/V-지 않아도 되다 (안 A/V-아/어도 되다)
......................................................179

Unit 8. Expressions of Hope
01 V-고 싶다.......................................182
02 A/V-았/었으면 좋겠다.....................184

Unit 9. Reasons and Causes
01 A/V-아/어서 ②..............................188
02 A/V-(으)니까 ①..............................191
03 N 때문에, A/V-기 때문에.................194

Unit 10. Making Requests and Assisting
01 V-아/어 주세요, V-아/어 주시겠어요?
......................................................198
02 V-아/어 줄게요, V-아/어 줄까요?....201

Unit 11. Trying New Things and Experiences
01 V-아/어 보다..................................204
02 V-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다/없다..................207

Unit 12. Asking Opinions and Making Suggestions
01 V-(으)ㄹ까요? ①............................210
02 V-(으)ㄹ까요? ②............................212
03 V-(으)ㅂ시다...................................214
04 V-(으)시겠어요?.............................217
05 V-(으)ㄹ래요? ①............................219

Unit 13. Intentions and Plans
01 A/V-겠어요 ①................................222
02 V-(으)ㄹ게요...................................225
03 V-(으)ㄹ래요 ②..............................228

Unit 14. Background Information and Explanations
01 A/V-(으)ㄴ/는데 ②.........................232
02 V-(으)니까 ②.................................235

Unit 15. Purpose and Intention
01 V-(으)러 가다/오다..........................238
02 V-(으)려고......................................240
03 V-(으)려고 하다..............................243
04 N을/를 위해(서), V-기 위해(서).........245
05 V-기로 하다....................................248

Unit 16. Conditions and Suppositions
01 A/V-(으)면.....................................252
02 V-(으)려면......................................255
03 A/V-아/어도...................................257

Unit 17. Conjecture
01 A/V-겠어요 ②................................260
02 A/V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 ②......................262
03 A/V-(으)ㄹ까요? ③.........................265
04 A/V-(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같다...........267

Unit 18. Changes in Parts of Speech
01 관형형 -(으)ㄴ/-는/-(으)ㄹ N..........272
02 A/V-기..........................................275
03 A-게..............................................278
04 A-아/어하다...................................281

Unit 19. Expressions of State
01 V-고 있다 ②..................................284
02 V-아/어 있다..................................287
03 A-아/어지다...................................290
04 V-게 되다.......................................293

Unit 20. Confirming Information
01 A/V-(으)ㄴ/는지.............................296
02 V-는 데 걸리다/들다........................299
03 A/V-지요?.....................................301

Unit 21. Discovery and Surprise
01 A/V-군요/는군요............................304
02 A/V-네요.......................................306

Unit 22. Additional Endings
01 A-(으)ㄴ가요?, V-나요?..................310
02 A/V-(으)ㄴ/는데요..........................312

Unit 23. Quotations
01 Direct Quotations............................316
02 Indirect Quotations.........................319
03 Indirect Quotation Contracted Forms.........................322

Unit 24. Irregular Conjugations
01 ‘ㅡ’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...326
02 ‘ㄹ’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...329
03 ‘ㅂ’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...332
04 ‘ㄷ’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...335
05 ‘르’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...337
06 ‘ㅎ’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...339
07 ‘ㅅ’ 불규칙 (Irregular Conjugation)...342

Appendix
● Good Things to Know..............................346
● Answer Key.............................................354
● Grammar Explanations in Korean.............360
● Grammar Index.......................................375