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Pattern sb께 N을/를 드리다; sb께 V어/아 드리다: Doing a Favor

The honorific 드리다 replaces 주다 when the recipient is an esteemed person. Use this whenever you are doing a favor to somebody older than you to whom you talk respectfully, such as your grandparents, your professor, your boss, etc.

You can hear this a lot in restaurants and stores when waiters/store employees ask customers what they want or if they need additional service.

Dialogue: Two Friends at the Korean BBQ Restaurant

Here is a dialogue between two friends and a waiter at a Korean restaurant. The dialogue starts with a phone conversation between the two friends, with 준형 asking if Victor is busy. They then go to the Korean restaurant and order some meat and drinks, before splitting the bill at the end.

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You can download a study sheet PDF with this dialogue and all the relevant vocabulary.

At the Korean BBQ Restaurant

Learn some vocabulary about Korean BBQ, the name of some Korean BBQ dishes, as well as how to order and pay your bill! Also included are some example sentences that you can use at the Korean restaurant. For more practice, check out this dialogue between two friends and the waiter of a restaurant!

Also check out more food-related vocabulary from a previous lesson.

Pattern –기 바라다: polite request

These examples are sentences that could be heard from flight attendants on a commercial flight. Learn more vocabulary about flying.

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Pattern –(으)ㄴ/는 바람에: because of, as a result

–(으)ㄴ/는 바람에 can be translated as “because of, as a result.” Usually, the phrase before 바람에 indicates an ‘unexpected event’ that leads to a negative effect in the following clause.

Reference: Yeon, J., & Brown, L. (2011). Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar: Routledge.

The Airport & Traveling by Plane

Learn some vocabulary about the airport, flying, and all the steps in between! The words in the list below are often heard during boarding announcements at the airport, onboard the plane, and can be seen on airline websites. If you 

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Pattern –는 길(에): on the way to

–는 길(에) can be translated as “on the way to” and is used with a verb indicating movement to/from a destination.

Reference: Yeon, J., & Brown, L. (2011). Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar: Routledge.

Pattern (을/를) 통해(서): through, by way of

(을/를) 통해(서) / (을/를) 통하여(서) can be translated as “through, by way of” and is used with nouns to indicate “sources of information” such as persons, institutions, activities, etc.

Reference: King, R., Yeon, J., & Lee, I. (2015). Continuing Korean (Second ed.): Tuttle Publishing.

Ending –거든(요): it's because, you see

–거든(요) can be translated as “it’s because, you see.” It follows a verb and, in this form, is always ending a sentence (another pattern exists with –거든 in the middle of a sentence, with a different meaning). It is commonly used to add information to what was previously said, provide justification for one’s actions, or referring to something that was said in the past.

Reference: Yeon, J., & Brown, L. (2011). Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar: Routledge.

Academics - University Topics

This lesson introduces words to talk about university subjects, the different university degrees, and some examples using these words together in a sentence.

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