Unit 08

Talking about Weekend Plans

주말 κ³„νš λ§ν•˜κΈ°(I)
Talking about Weekend Plans

Lesson

How to form Korean verbs to express the possibility or ability.

  • Step 1: Drop the λ‹€ [da]. ν•˜λ‹€ [ha-da] to do β†’ ν•˜ [ha]
  • Step 2: Add -을 [eul]/γ„Ή [-l] 수 μžˆμ–΄μš” [su i-sseo-yo]. ν•˜ [ha] β†’ ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš” [hal su i-sseo-yo] I can do it.

When the verb stem ends in a CONSONANT sound, we use -을 수 μžˆμ–΄μš” [eul su i-sseo-yo]

  • 아침을 λ¨Ή- [a-chim-eul meok-]
  • 사진을 찍- [sa-jin-eul jjik-]

When the verb stem ends in a VOWEL sound, we use -γ„Ή 수 μžˆμ–΄μš” [-l su i-sseo-yo]

  • 여행을 κ°€- [yeo-haeng-eul ga-]
  • 선물을 μ£Ό- [seon-mu-reul ju-]

μ˜μ–΄λ₯Ό ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš”? [yeong-eo-reul hal su i-sseo-yo?]
Can you speak English?

  • μ˜μ–΄ [yeong-eo] means "English"
  • ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš”? [hal su i-sseo-yo?] means "Can you do it?"
  • Literally means "English, Can you do it?"

κΉ€μΉ˜λ₯Ό 먹을 수 μžˆμ–΄μš”. [gim-chi-reul meo-geul su i-sseo-yo]
I can eat kimchi.

  • κΉ€μΉ˜ [gim-chi] means "kimchi"
  • 먹을 수 μžˆμ–΄μš” [meo-geul su i-sseo-yo] means "I can eat it."
  • Literally means "kimchi, I can eat it"

였늘 μš΄λ™ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš”. [o-neul un-dong-hal su i-sseo-yo]
I can exercise today.

  • 였늘 [o-neul] means "today"
  • μš΄λ™ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš” [un-dong-hal su i-sseo-yo] means "I can exercise."
  • Literally means "today, I can exercise"

였늘 μš΄λ™ν•  수 μ—†μ–΄μš”. [o-neul un-dong-hal su eop-seo-yo]
I can't exercise today.

  • 였늘 [o-neul] means "today"
  • μš΄λ™ν•  수 μ—†μ–΄μš” [un-dong-hal su eop-seo-yo] means "I can't exercise."
  • Literally means "today, I can't exercise"

The ending '수', which basically means 'ability', can also be used to mean 'opportunity' or 'occasion'.

  • ν•œκ΅­μ—μ„œ 쒋은 μ˜ν™”λ₯Ό λ³Ό 수 μžˆμ–΄μš”. [han-gu-ge-seo jo-eun yeong-hwa-reul bol su i-sseo-yo] You can see good movies in Korea.

Conversation

  • A: μš΄μ „ ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš”?
    Can you drive?
  • B: μ•„λ‹ˆμš”, μš΄μ „ ν•  수 μ—†μ–΄μš”. [a-ni-yo, un-jeon hal su eop-seo-yo]
    No, I cannot drive.
  • A: 였늘 μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό νƒˆ 수 μžˆμ–΄μš”?
    Can you ride a bicycle today?
  • B: λ„€, 였늘 μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό νƒˆ 수 μžˆμ–΄μš”. [ne, o-neul ja-jeon-geo-reul tal su i-sseo-yo]
    Yes, I can ride a bicycle today.
  • A: μžμ „κ±° νƒ€λŸ¬ κ°€μš”.
    Let's go ride a bicycle.

Vocabulary

Korean English
μš”λ¦¬ν•˜λ‹€ [yo-ri-ha-da] to cook
μš΄μ „ν•˜λ‹€ [un-jeon-ha-da] to drive
ν•œκ΅­μ–΄λ₯Ό ν•˜λ‹€ [han-gu-geo-reul ha-da] to speak Korean
μžμ „κ±°λ₯Ό 타닀 [ja-jeon-geo-reul ta-da] to ride a bicycle
λ…Έλž˜λ°©μ— κ°€λ‹€ [no-rae-bang-e ga-da] to go to a karaoke room