#grammar notes

This is a concessive construction meaning 'no matter X, Y' or more verbosely 'it doesn't matter that...X, still Y'. It's pretty transparently formed; take the volitional -ou ending, stick either ga, to, or tomo. -i adjectives drop -i and take karou, -na adjectives and nouns take darou.

A few nice examples scoured from various webpages (all English translations my own): 誰が何と言おうと、わたしの決意は変わりません。

No matter what anyone says, I'm not changing my mind.

使わないものは、いくら安かろうと買う必要はない。

There's no need to buy things you don't use, no matter how cheap they are.

The construction can be extended with negative volitional form -まい (I might make a separate post about this), with the corresponding particle from the よう, so Vようが...Vまいが or Vようと...Vまいと. It's always used with the same verb, i.e. 'whether you do or you don't'.

早く出ようが出るまいが、電車が遅れれば遅刻する。

[No matter] whether you leave early or not, if the train's late then you'll be late.

Notes - 메모

This one - it’s pretty simple and no long explanations needed. You can use -(으)ㄹ까 하다 when you want to give information about something you are planning to do or you thinking about to do in the future. These plans are not set and can be changed, they are pretty vague. You might come across the pattern -(으)려고 하다 with a similar meaning but -(으)려고 하다 has a stronger intention as -(으)ㄹ까 하다. 

Grammar - 문법

Verb stems ending with a consonant + -을까 하다

Verb stems ending with a vowel + -ㄹ까 하다

Past Tense -(으)ㄹ까 했다

can’t be used with interrogative, imperative or future tense

Sample sentences / 예문

커피대신 차를 마실까 해요. I’m thinking about drinking tea instead of coffee.

그 영화를 볼까 했어요. I thought about watching that movie. (but didn’t)

친구들과 같이 저녁을 먹을까 해요. I’m thinking about eating dinner with a friend.

내년에 서울에 여행할까 해요. I’m thinking about traveling to Seoul next year.

resources: How To Study Korean, different blogs and online resources, youtube, Praktische Grammatik der koreanischen Sprache

Today I picked up a cute notebook from Homegoods to keep my spanish notes in! I’m currently taking a spanish course online and although taking notes on Google docs is convenient, I’ll always gravitate to the ol’ paper and pen.

Messy late night Grammar review and a lot of grapes 🍇 ✨

Wish me luck on my tests tomorrow!

🇩🇪 German Notes Printable! 🇩🇪

Hey guys~ I compiled a bunch of notes from wikibooks as well as my own notes and textbook (Deutsch Na Klar (7th ed) - Di Donato & Clyde), and thought I’d share them!

Topics include:

pronouns in accusative, nominative, dative and genitive cases

possessive pronouns

gender patterns so you can more easily guess a noun’s gender

relative pronouns

reflexive pronouns

coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

passive voice

subjunctive I and II

adjective endings (including a brief explanation of weak nouns)

prepositions arranged by which case they take

and a whole bunch of verbs that take certain prepositions (including case and translation)

Just click on the title to download! they’re available in both pdf and word so you can edit if you need to x and please let me know if you find any mistakes so I can edit them!

I'm in the midst of exam studying, that's why I'm not that active atm