Korean Grammar at a Glance

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object pronouns

level 0words

person pronouns

level 0words

topic 은/는

level 0markers

subject 이/가

level 0markers

object 을/를

level 0markers

to be

level 0main v/adj

general v/adj

level 0main v/adj

there is/isn’t

level 0main v/adj

-어요(-어요?)

level 0closing ending

-어(-어?)

level 0closing ending

numbers

level 1words

counters

level 1words

money, age, date&time

level 1words

questioning words

level 1words

adverbs

level 1words

also -도

level 1markers

only -만

level 1markers

and, with -하고, 이랑, 와

level 1markers

or -이나

level 1markers

to, from, in/at [place] -에서, -에

level 1markers

to, from, for [person] -한테

level 1markers

-었-

level 1pre-ending

-을 것이다

level 1pre-ending

-고 싶다

level 1helping verb

-지 않다

level 1helping verb

-지 못하다

level 1helping verb

-으세요

level 1closing ending

-을래요

level 1closing ending

-을까요?

level 1closing ending

-고

level 1connective ending

-거나

level 1connective ending

-지만

level 1connective ending

-어서

level 1connective ending

-는데

level 1connective ending

-는,은(present)

level 1transformative ending

-은(past)

level 1transformative ending

-을(future)

level 1transformative ending

with [tool], toward [place] -으로

level 2markers

than -보다

level 2markers

from, until [time] -부터, -까지

level 2markers

like -처럼, -같이

level 2markers

every 마다

level 2markers

plus -에다가

level 2markers

honorific

level 2main v/adj

-을 수 있다

level 2helping verb

-어 주다

level 2helping verb

-어 보다

level 2helping verb

-어도 되다

level 2helping verb

-으면 안 되다

level 2helping verb

-어야 되다

level 2helping verb

-고 있다

level 2helping verb

-겠-

level 2pre-ending

-시-

level 2pre-ending

-습니다(-습니까?)

level 2closing ending

-으십시오

level 2closing ending

-읍시다

level 2closing ending

-네요

level 2closing ending

-군요

level 2closing ending

-지요

level 2closing ending

-으니까

level 2connective ending

-으려고

level 2connective ending

-으러

level 2connective ending

-으면

level 2connective ending

-으면서

level 2connective ending

-으려면

level 2connective ending

-게

level 2connective ending

-을 때

level 2expression

-전, -후, -동안

level 2expression

-은 지

level 2expression

아무~(nothing, anything)

level 3words

mimetic words

level 3words

대해

level 3markers

for 위해

level 3markers

because of 때문

level 3markers

passive

level 3main v/adj

causative

level 3main v/adj

-어지다

level 3helping verb

-기로 하다

level 3helping verb

-지 말다

level 3helping verb

-을까 보다

level 3helping verb

-을 것 같다

level 3helping verb

-어 있다

level 3helping verb

-게 되다

level 3helping verb

-게 하다

level 3helping verb

-은 적이 있다

level 3helping verb

-을 줄 알다

level 3helping verb

-다

level 3closing ending

-냐

level 3closing ending

-자

level 3closing ending

-어라

level 3closing ending

-어도

level 3connective ending

-어야

level 3connective ending

-는지

level 3connective ending

-다가

level 3connective ending

-던(past)

level 3transformative ending

-음

level 3transformative ending

-기

level 3transformative ending

direct quotation -라고

level 3expression

indirect quotation -다고(라고), -냐고, -자고, -라고

level 3expression

-대(래), -냬, -재, -래

level 3expression

-다는(라는), -냐는, -자는, -라는

level 3expression

as much as 만큼

level 4markers

as 대로

level 4markers

instead 대신

level 4markers

even 마저, 조차

level 4markers

not even 커녕

level 4markers

-어 보이다

level 4helping verb

-은 편이다

level 4helping verb

-을 뻔하다

level 4helping verb

-을 만하다

level 4helping verb

-을 뿐이다

level 4helping verb

-을 수밖에 없다

level 4helping verb

-나 보다

level 4helping verb

-어 버리다

level 4helping verb

-어 놓다

level 4helping verb

-었었-

level 4pre-ending

-잖아요

level 4closing ending

-거든요

level 4closing ending

-을걸

level 4closing ending

-나요(은가요)

level 4closing ending

-고 나서

level 4connective ending

-어 가지고

level 4connective ending

-어서인지

level 4connective ending

-자마자

level 4connective ending

-느라고

level 4connective ending

-을수록

level 4connective ending

-을 테-

level 4expression

-더-

level 4expression

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