LEVEL1:LET'S LEARN KOREAN

We'll be taking a look at an everyday conversation in Korean between a married couple. Married couples in Korea often use different speech levels according to their relationship. This lesson gives us a close look a Korean politeness levels between married couples. So if you're married to a Korean, this may the lesson to listen to! In this lesson, we'll be going over the intentional -2 CH (ryeogo hada). The Korean intentional has several different forms and different patterns, each with their own little nuance.With this lesson, you'll learn about that little nuance, and keep the Korean grammar in your head nice and organized. We'll also be covering Intermediate level Korean vocabulary essential for any Intermediate student, or a student ready to make the jump to
Intermediate!
Line-By-Line Transcript
Formal Korean
(1)아내: (전화로) 여보, 오늘 몇 시에 들어와요?
(1)Anae: (jeonhwaro) yeobo, oneul myeot sie deureo-wayo?
(2) 남편: 오늘? 글쎄... 7 시?
(2) Namyeon: Oneul? Geulsse... 7 si?
(3) 아내: 그래요? 오늘 친구를 좀 만나려고 하는데....
(3) Anae: Geuraeyo? Oneul chingu-reul jom manna-ryeogo haneunde....
(4) 남편: 아, 그래, 그러면, 저녁 식사는 밖에서 하고 들어갈게.
(4) Namyeon: Ah, geurae, geureomyeon, jeonyeok sigsa-neun bak-eseo hago deureo-galge.
(5) 아내: 괜찮아요?
(5) Anae: Gwaenchana-yo?
(6)남편: 응. 괜찮아. 누구 만나려고?
(6) Namyeon: Eung. Gwaenchana. Nu-gu manna-ryeogo?
(7)아내: 아, 수진이 알죠? 수진이랑 오랜만에 같이 저녁 식사 하려고요.
(7) Anae: Ah, Sujin-i aljyo? Sujin-irang oraenman-e gachi jeonyeok sigsa ha-ryeogo-yo.
(8) 남편: 응. 알아. 그러면 맛있는 거 먹어. 이따가 집에서 봐.
(8) Namyeon: Eung. Ara. Geureom mas-isseo geo meogeo. Ittaga jip-eseo bwa.
(9) 아내: 네, 여보. 이따가 봐요.
(9) Anae: Ne, yeobo. Ittaga bwayo.

Formal English
(1)Wife: (on the phone) Honey, what time are you coming home tonight?
(2)Husband: Tonight? I'm not sure... about 7?
(3)Wife: Oh, really? I was thinking of meeting a friend...
(4)Husband: Ah, okay, then I'll eat out and come home.
(5)Wife: Is it okay?
(6) Husband: Yeah, it's okay. Who are you going to meet?
(7)Wife: Oh, you know Sujin? I'm going to have dinner with Sujin,it's been a while.
(8)Husband: Yeah, I know her. Eat something delicious. See you later at home.
(9)Wife: OK, honey. See you.

Vocabulary List
Korean/English/Class
몇 시/what time/
들어오다/to enter, to come in /
식사/meal/
괜찮아/It's okay. / expression
이따가/ later/
여보/honey, darling/
글쎄/well, let me think.../
들어가다/to enter, to go in /

Expansion Section
몇시 (Myeot si)
드라마 몇 시에 시작해?
deurama myeot sie sijakhae?
When is the drama starting?

들어오다 (deuleo-ojida)
내 방에 들어오지마!
nae bang-e deuleo-ojima!
"Don't come in to my room."

식사 (siksa)
식사 시간이에요!
siksa siganieyo!
"It's time to eat!"

괜찮아 (gwaenchana)
괜찮아. 어렵지 않아.
gen-chan-a. eo-ryeop-ji an-a.
"It's okay. It's not hard."

이따가 (ittaga)
이따가 영화관 앞에서 봐!
Ittaga yeonghwagwan ap-eseo bwa!
"I will see you in front of the movie theather later!

여보(yeobo)
여보 술 좀 끊으세요!
Yeobo sul jom kkeuneuseyo!
Honey, please stop drinking!

글쎄 (Geulsse)
글쎄 나도 잘 모르겠는데.
Geulsse nado jal moreugesseunde.
Well..I am not sure, either

들어가다 (deulogada)
들어가도 괜찮아요?
deuleogado gwaenchanayo?
"Can I go in?"

Grammar Point
Grammar Point #1 - Intentional - 려고 하다

-려고 하다(-ryeogo hada) is an intentional sentence ending used with  action verbs and the verb of existence, (itda). This express the
subject's intention or determination of the subject's actions. It can be used with all persons (first person, second persons, and third persons), whereas other intentional sentence endings are limited.
This grammatical structure can be translated as "intend to (verb)," "going to (verb)," "plan to(verb)."
Mood, tense, negation, and politeness levels are expressed in the
latter part of the grammatical structure, 하다 (hada).

▷ Construction▷

Verb Stem +-려고 하다
[Conjugation differs slightly [according to the verb stem.]
1. Verb Stem that ends in a vowel +++
쉬다 (swida) to rest
쉬(swi) - verb stem
쉬+려고 하다
쉬려고 하다 - to intend to rest
쉬려고 해요. (I intend to rest./I'm going to rest./I plan to rest.)
2. Verb Stem that ends in a consonant other than ㄹ + 오려고 하다
받다(batda) to receive
받(bat) verb stem
받+으려고 하다
받으려고 하다 - to intend to receive
받다으려고 합니다.(I intend to receive it.)

3. Verb Stem that ends in ㄹ+으려고 하다
**Note that this is for the sake of easiness in pronunciation.
살다 (salda) - to live
살(sal) verb stem
살+려고 하다
살려고 하다- to plan to live (reside)
서울에서 살려고 해요. (I plan to live in Seoul.)

4. Irregular Conjugations
- H irregular verbs
줍다(jupda) - to pick up (from the ground)
줍(jup) - verb stem changes to▸▸ (ju) - drops
주 + 으려고 하다
주으려고 하다- to be about to pick (something) up
떨어진 돈을 주으려고 해요. (He's about to pick up the money that's fallen on the ground.)

- irregular verbs
뭍다 (mutda) to ask (a question)
뭍(mut) - verb stem changes to▸▸ (mul) changes to
물+ 으려고 하다
물으려고 하다 - to plan to ask
친구에게 물으려고 해요.(I'm going to ask a friend..)

- ㅅ irregular verbs
짓다 (jitda) to build (a house)
짓(jit) - verb stem changes to▸▸ 지(ji) - ㅅ drops
짓으려고 하다
집을지으려고 해요.(We're planning to build a house.)
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▷ In This Dialog
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(3)아내: 오늘 친구를 좀 만나려고 하는데.....
(3)anae: oneul chingu-reul jom mannaryeogo haneunde...
(3)Wife: I was thinking of meeting a friend...

(6) 남편: 누구 만나려고?
(6)nampyeon: nugu mannaryeogo?
(6)Husband: Who are you going to meet?

(7)아내: 수진이랑 오랜만에 같이 저녁 식사
하려고요.
(7)anae: sujin-irang oraenmane gachi jeonyeok siksa haryeogoyo.
(7)Wife: I'm going to have dinner with Sujin, it's
been a while.

《REMEMBER》
Many times this grammatical structure is shortened. The following are a few different colloquial variations of this grammatical structure:
Original Construction:
-(으)려고 하다
자다 (jada) to sleep
자(verb stem)
자+려고 하다
자려고 하다. - to intend to sleep
자려고해.-(to intend)

1. -(으)려고
is removed from the construction - as 하다 is removed from this construction, you can make this phrase more polite by adding-요 directly to the end of -(으)려고, therefore making it - (으)려고요.
자다 (jada) to sleep
자(verb stem)
자+려고
자려고.-I'm going to sleep.

2.-ᄅ/을 + 려구/라고/라구
The construction itself has been changed, in addition to 하다 being removed. This is closest to the intimate politeness level.
자다(jada) to sleep
▶자 + ᄅ려구▶ 잘려구
▶자 + ᄅ라고 잘라고
▶자 + ᄅ라구▶ 잘라구
And these three phrases all mean the same
thing - "I'm going to sleep."
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♣ More Examples ♣
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1. 친구 집에서 영화 보려고.
(chinju jib-eseo yeonghwa boryeogo.)
"I'm going to watch a movie at a friend's house."

2. 내일은 학생들을 몇 명 만나려고 해요.
(naeil-eun haksaengdeul-eul myeot myeong mannaryeogo haeyo.)
"Tomorrow, I'm going to meet some students."

3. 한국어 배우려고요.
(hangukeo baeuryeogo-yo.)
"I plan on studying Korean."
4. 내년에 한국으로 여행 가려고 해요.
(naenyeon-e hanguk-euro yeohaeng garyeogo haeyo.)
"I'm planning to go to Korea for traveling next year."

5. 내일부터 담배 끊으려고.
(naeil-buteo dambae kkeuneuryeogo.)
"I'm going to quit smoking from tomorrow."

♣︎Cultural Insight♣︎
In Korea, it is very common to see a family where the father is a few years older than the mother; therefore it is not strange for the wife to talk to the husband in polite language, even after many years of living together. But this depends on the families and there are a lot of couples who just use intimate language to each other regardless of their age difference.