#4-23

안녕하세요! Another four lessons today. We’ll start with spacing part 2, continue with a word builder, contractions part 2 and end with much more/less [adjective] than. 시작해요! 

Lesson 21

In lesson 16 we discussed spacing part 1. Today you’ll see that sometimes, spacing changes the meaning of words/sentences. The only way to know this, is by learning the words correctly! So pay attention to spacing when learning new words/sentences!

Examples:

1. 돌려 주다 vs. 돌려주다

돌리다 = to turn; to revolve

돌려 주다 = to turn something for someone

돌려주다 = to return something; to give something back

2. 돌아 가다 vs. 돌아가다

돌다 = to turn; to turn around

돌아 가다 = to detour; to go around the long way

돌아가다 = to return; to go back to some place

3. 빌려 주다 vs. 빌려주다

빌리다 = to borrow

빌려 주다 = to borrow something (from someone else) for someone

빌려주다 = to lend something to someone

4. 알아보다

알다 = to know

보다 = to see

알아보다 = to recognize something/someone; to look into something

알아 보다 does not exist.

5. 나오다/나가다

나다 = to be born; to get out; to be out of (not commonly used on its own)

오다 = to come

가다 = to go

나오다 = to come outside

* 나 does not have much meaning on its own; therefore, a space between 나 and 오다 is not possible.

나가다 = to go outside

Lesson 22

Weehoo, another word building! This time with 장, meaning yard, place or location! You can find it here.

Lesson 23

Remember contractions from lesson 17? Today I’ll show you a few more words/sentences that can be shortened!

이렇다면 → 이러면 = if it is like this

그렇다면 → 그러면 = if it is like that

저렇다면 → 저러면 = if it is like that over there

어떻게하다 → 에덕하다 = what are we supposed to do?

어딱할 거여요 → 어쩔 거여요? = what are you going to do?

Lesson 24

Let’s end today with some grammar: Much more/less [adjective] than... 

You probably remember the word 많이, however this is not used for saying Much more/less [adjective] than... 

To say “much”, use 훨씬  To say “much more”, use 훨씬 in combination with 더 To say “much less”, use 훨씬 in combination with 덜

Examples:

멋있다 = to be cool; to be stylish

더 멋있다 = to be cooler; to be more stylish

훨씬 더 멋있다 = to be much cooler; to be much more stylish

비싸다 = to be expensive

덜 비싸다 = to be less expensive

훨씬 덜 비싸다 = to be much less expensive

Note: 더 can be dropped to say “much more”, however, 덜 cannot be dropped to say “much less”:

훨씬 멋있다 = to be much cooler; to be much more stylish

훨씬 덜 비싸다 = to be much less expensive