LEVEL1:LET'S LEARN KOREAN

You meet some of your Korean friends on the street and ask them if they liked the movie they saw yesterday. If they go saying something like "We DID like it... but...", they're going to be using the grammar pattern that's introduced in this lesson, - 기는다.
Listen to this lesson find out how this pattern can be constructed and used, and practice with us!

Line-By-Line Transcript
Formal Korean
(1)미현: 정호야!
(2)정호: 어? 미현아.
(3) 미현: 어? 너 왜 혼자야?
(4) 정호: 응? 왜? 무슨 일이야?
(5)미현: 아까 민수가 너 찾았는데, 만났어?
(6) 정호: 응. 보기는 봤어.
(7)미현 보기는 봤어? 무슨 뜻이야?
(8) 정호: 응. 보기는 봤는데, 아무 얘기도 안 했어.
(9)미현: 진짜? 이상하네... 아까는 너한테 꼭 할 얘기가 있다고 했 는데.

Formal English
(1)Mihyeon: Hey, Jeongho!
(2)Jeongho: Huh? Mihyeon!
(3)Mihyeon: Huh? Why are you alone?
(4)Jeongho: What? Why? What happened?
(5)Mihyeon: Minsu was looking for you earlier. Did you meet him?
(6)Jeongho: Yeah, I did see him.
(7)Mihyeon: You did see him? What do you mean?
(8)Jeongho: Yeah, I did see him, but I didn't talk with him at all.
(9)Mihyeon: Really? That's strange. Because earlier, he said he had something he must tell you.

Vocabulary List
Korean/English/Class
혼자/ alone, by oneself / noun
찾다/ to search for, to look for / verb
꼭/surely, certainly, absolutely /
아무/any, no/
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Expansion Section
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혼자
혼자 오셨어요?
honja osyeosseoyo?
"Did you come alone?"

찾다
저는 일 제안을 마다했습니다.
Jeoneun il jeaneul madahaetseupnida.
"I refused the job offer."

꼭
꼭 제 생일 파티에 와 주세요.
kkok je saengil pati-e wa juseyo.
"Please come to my birthday."

아무
아무 것도 몰라요.
"I don't know anything."
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Grammar Point
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Grammar Point #1 - I Did do It - 하기는 했다
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This grammatical structure is generally used to show contrast between two actions or states, or two contrary characteristics of a single action or state. The basic form of this grammtical structure is:
-기는 + -ㄴ/는다 (present tense)
But the later part can be changed according to the tense.
-기는+ 아/어/여ᄊ다 (past tense)
-기는+ ᄅ/을 것이다 (future tense)
Since this grammar pattern is used to show contrast, it is often translated into English as 'I Do + Verb + (but/although ...)'(present tense), 'I Did + Verb + (but/although...)' (past tense), or
'I Will + Verb + (but/although...)'.

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》In This Dialog
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(6) 정호: 보기는 봤어.
(6)jeongho: bogi-neun bwasseo.
(6) Jeongho: Yeah, I did see him.
(8)정호: 보기는 봤는데, 아무 얘기도 안 했어.
(8)jeongho: bogi-neun bwatneunde, amu yaegi-do an haesseo.
(8) Jeongho: Yeah, I did see him, but I didn't talk with him at all.
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remember
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-가는 is often shortened to -긴 in colloquial situations.

◆ More Examples◆
1.가기는 갔는데 AHOO. (gagineun gatneunde
jaemieopseosseo.)
- I did go there, but it wasn't interesting.

2. 보기는 봤는데 이해를 못 했어. (bogineun bwatneunde ihae-reul mot haesseo.)
-" I did see it, but I couldn't understand it."

3. 읽기는 읽은 것 같은데 기억이 안 나. (ilkkineun ilgeun geot gateunde gieok-i an na.)
- "I think I did read it, but I don't remember."

4. 오긴 올 건데, 금방 가야 돼.
(ogineun ol geonde, geumbang gayadwae.)
-"I will come here, but I have to go soon."

5. 알기는 아는데, 하기가 싫어.
(algineun aneunde, hagiga sireo.)
- "I do know, but I don't want to do it."