LEVEL1:LET'S LEARN KOREAN

Korean students are often stressed because of the amount of pressure put on them. Korean high school students often have to study until 10 o'clock at night and can often get overwhelmed with their studies. The parents in this conversation are trying to lift up his spirits by buying him a souvenir while on a business trip.

In this lesson, we'll be going over the Korean grammatical phrase used to soften someone's language. Learn this Korean 것 같다(geot gatda), which is used to make assumptions, or also
grammatical structure and essential vocabulary words and phrases.
Line-By-Line Transcript
Formal Korean
(1)남편: 여보, 오늘 친구랑 저녁 식사 맛있게 했어?
(2)여보: 네, 맛있었어요. 고마워요.
(3)남편: 괜찮아. 여보, 나 다음 달에 출장 갈 것 같아.
(4) 아내: 그래요? 어디로요?
(5) 남편: 응. 아마 캐나다로 갈 것 같아.
(6) 아내: 며칠 동안 가세요?
(7) 남편: 글쎄... 1 주일 정도 갈 것 같아.
(8) 아내: 네, 알겠어요. 이번에는 성주 기념품 잊지 세요. 요즘에공부 때문에 스트리 많이 받는 것 같아
(9) 남편: 아, 그래. 알았어. 요즘에 성주는 공부 열심히 하고 있어?

Formal English
(1)Husband: Honey, did you have a nice dinner with your friend?
(2)Wife: Yes, it was delicious. Thanks.
(3) Husband: No problem.Honey, I think I'm going on a business trip next month.
(4)Wife: Oh? Where to?
(5)Husband: I think I'm probably going to go to Canada.
(6)Wife: For how many days?
(7)Husband: I'm not sure... I think for about a week.
(8) Wife: Okay. This time, don't forget a souvenir for Seongju. I think he's getting stressed out because of his studies.
(9)Husband: Ah, okay. Is he studying hard these days?

Vocabulary List
Korean/English/Class
여보/honey, darling/
오늘/today/
친구/friend/
저녁 식사/dinner / noun
맛있다/to be delicious/
다음 달 / next month/
출장/business trip/
아마/maybe, probably /
캐나다/canada/
며칠/ a few days, how many days/
글 쎄well, I'm not sure /
1 주일/ one week /
정도/about, approximately /
이번/this time / noun
기념품/souvenir/
잊다/to forget / verb
요즘/these days, recently /
공부/studying/
스트레스/ stress/
받다/to recieve,to get/

Expansion Section
여보
여보, 빨리 일어나.
yobo, ppalri ireona.
"Honey, get up quickly."

오늘
오늘은 무슨 요일이에요?
What day is it today?
친구
오늘 친구들이랑 술 마실 거예요.
"I'm going to drink with my friends tonight."

저녁 식사
저녁식사 시간인데 아직 점심도 못 먹었어요.
jeoneok siksa siganinde ajik jeomsimdo mot meogeosseoyo.
"It's dinner time, but I haven't even had lunch yet."

맛있다
맥주보다 소주가 더 맛있어요!
"Soju is more delicious than beer!"

다음 달
저 다음 달에 결혼해요.
jeo daeum dal-e gyeolhonhaeyo.
"I'mgetting married next month."

출장
저도 해외 출장을 가고 싶어요!
jeo-do haeoe chuljang-eul gago sipeoyo!
"I want to go on a business trip overseas, too!"

아마 오늘은 집에 있을 거야.
"I'm probably going to stay home today."

캐나다
캐나다까지 가는 비행기 표는 얼마예요?
"How much are the flight tickets to Canada?"

며칠
여행 갈거야? 며칠 동안?
yeohaeng galgeoya? myeochil dongan?
"You are going to go on a trip? For how many days?"

글쎄
글쎄, 좀 더 생각해 볼게.
geulsse, jom deo saeng-gakae bolge.
"I'm not sure. Let me think a little more."

1 주일
1 주일 동안 매일 라면을 먹었어요.
il-juil dong-an maeil ramyeoneul meogeosseoyo.
"I ate instant noodles every day for one week."

정도
며칠 정도 걸렸어요?
myeochil jeongdo geollyeosseoyo?
"About how many days did it take?"

이번
너 또 늦었어! 이번에는 어떤 변명할거야?
neo tto neu-jyeot-sseo! i-byeon-e-neun eo-tteon byeon-myeong-hal-geo-ya?
"You are late again! What's your excuse this time?"

기념품
기념품은 필요 없어. 그냥 현금으로 줘.
I don't need souvenirs. Just give me cash.

잊다
잊지 말고 전화 해!
itjimalgo jeonhwa hae!
"Don't forget to call me!"

요즘
요즘 뭐 해?
yojeum mwo hae?
"What are you doing these days?"

공부
저는 공부와는 담을 쌓았어요.
"I've built a barrier between studying and myself.- I don't what to study."

스트레스
너 때문에 스트레스 받아!
neo ttaemune seuteureseu bada!
"I'm getting stressed out because of you!"

받다
선물을 진짜 많이 받았어!
seonmul-eul jinjja mani badasseo.
"I really got a lot of present!"

Grammar Point
Grammar Point #1 - I Think I Will - -ㄹ/을 갓 갈다
-ㄹ/을 갓 갈다(1/eul geot gatda) is a grammar structure to express your though or assumption about future plans when you are not 100% sure. The word 같다 means 'to be the same' or 'to be like' and it is attached to the end of -ㄹ/을 것, which is the nominalization of the future tense.

► Future Tense (nominalization) + 같다 (to be like) = I think I will / I think it will...
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▷ Construction
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- Verb Stem (ending in a vowel) +-ㄹ 것 같다
ex) 오(다) (oda - to come)
▸ 오(다) + ᄅ 것 같다=올 것 같다= I  think  I/he/she/you/they/it/we will come
★ 올 것 같아 (intimate politeness level)
★올 것 같아요 (standard politeness level)
★올 것 같습니다 (formal politeness level)

-Verb Stem (ending in a consonant) + - 을것같다
ex)받다(batda - to receive)
받(다) + 을 것 같다 = 받을 것 같다 = I think I/he/she/you/they/it/we will receive
☆받을 것 같아 (intimate politeness level)
☆받을 것 같아요 (standard politeness level)
☆받을 것 같습니다 (formal politeness level)
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♣︎REMEMBER♣︎
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Words that have verb stems ending with "ㄹ" are followed directly by 것 같다
ex)(mandeulda - to make)
》만들(다) + 것 같다 = 만들 것 같다
ex) (deulda - to live)
》 살(다) + 것 같다 = 살 것 같다
ex) (alda - to know)
》알(다) + 것 같다 = 알 것 같다

The verbs 걷다(to walk), 듣다(to listen), 묻다(to ask), 싣다(to load) are changed to 걸을/들을/물을/실을 + 것 같다.
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▷ In This Dialog
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(3) 남편: 나 다음 달에 출장 갈 것 같아.
(3)nampyeon: gwaenchana. yeobo, na daeum dal-e chuljang gal geot gata.
(3)Husband: No problem. Honey, I think I'm going on a business trip next month.

(5) 남편: 아마 캐나다로 갈 것 같아.
(5)nampyeon: eung, ama kaenada-ro gal geot gata.
(5)Husband: I think I'm probably going to go to Canada.

(7) 남편: 글쎄... 1 주일 정도 갈 것 같아.
(7)nampyeon: geulsse... iljuil jeongdo gal geot gata.
(7)Husband: I'm not sure... I think for about a week.

(8) 아내: 요즘에 공부 때문에 스트레스 많이 받는 것 같아요. (8)anae: yojeum-e gongbu ttaemune seuteureseu manhi batneun geot gatayo.
(8)Wife: I think he's getting a lot of stress because of his studies.

More Examples
1. 내일 비 올것같아요. (naeil bi ol geot gatayo.)
- "It looks like it's going to rain tomorrow."
2.회사에서 짤릴 것 같아요. (hoesa-eseo jjallil geot gatayo.)
-" I think I'm going to get fired."
3.오늘 술 마실것같아요.(oneul sul masil geot gatayo.)
-" I think I'll drink tonight."
4.나 내일 못 갈 것 같아. (na naeil mot gal geot gata.)
-" I don't think I'll be able to go tomorrow."
5. 이번 주말에는 그냥 집에 있을 것 같아요. (ibeon jumal-eneun geunyang jib-e
isseul geot gatayo.)
-" I think I'll just stay at home this weekend."