Particles, endings,
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The building blocks of Korean sentences — searchable, ranked, and explained.
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The building blocks of Korean sentences — searchable, ranked, and explained.
| Grammar | Meaning | Type | Difficulty | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to be (copula) | Verb | beginner | ||
| subject marker | Particle | beginner | ||
| topic marker | Particle | beginner | ||
| past tense | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| past perfect tense | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| object marker | Particle | beginner | ||
| to, at | Particle | beginner | ||
| polite present tense statement | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| from (a place), at (active) | Particle | beginner | ||
| and, with (written) | ParticleConjunction | beginner | ||
| to exist/to not exist | Verb | beginner | ||
| and (lists) | Particle | beginner | ||
| and, with (spoken) | Particle | beginner | ||
| possessive marker | Particle | beginner | ||
| until | Particle | beginner | ||
| formal present tense statement ending | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| from (a time) | Particle | beginner | ||
| to (a person) (spoken) | Particle | beginner | ||
| written/formal to a person | Particle | beginner | ||
| too, also | Particle | beginner | ||
| only, just | Particle | beginner | ||
| outside of | Noun | beginner | ||
| or | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| as much as | Particle | beginner | ||
| about, around | Particle | beginner | ||
| like, as | Postposition | beginner | ||
| more than | Particle | beginner | ||
| every | Particle | beginner | ||
| formal past tense statement | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| present progressive tense | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| negator prefix (verbs/adjectives) | Prefix | beginner | ||
| negative ending form | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| inability prefix | Prefix | beginner | ||
| inability form | Verb | beginner | ||
| and | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| or | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| but | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| but, though | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| before | Noun | beginner | ||
| after | Noun | beginner | ||
| after (completing) | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| because, since | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| (a) time, when | Noun | beginner | ||
| when doing | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| while doing | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| plural marker | Particle | beginner | ||
| Because of, owing to | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| among | Noun | beginner | ||
| because, so | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| during, in the middle of | Noun | beginner | ||
| as soon as (conjunction) | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| period (of time) | Noun | beginner | ||
| during | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| since (time) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| have done, experienced | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| haven't done, experienced | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| can do | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| can't do | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| know that, know how to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| not know that, not know how to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite imperative | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite negative imperative | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| have to/must | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| may do, are allowed to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| may not, shouldn't | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| don't have to, don't need to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| not have to/not need to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| gerund (activity or state) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| if | Conjunction | beginner | ||
| polite past tense | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite future tense / intention | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite past perfect / used-to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| to/by/with (direction, means) | Particle | beginner | ||
| only (with negative) / except | Particle | beginner | ||
| before doing | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| after doing | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| want to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| it would be nice if | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| please do (request) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite could you please | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| I will do it for you | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| shall I (do it for you)? | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| try doing | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| shall we / should I? (suggestion) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| formal/polite let's | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite would you / will you | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| casual polite want to / will you? | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| will / intention / guess | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| in order to / intending to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| be planning/trying to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| go/come to do | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| in order to (do) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| for (someone/something) | Particle | beginner | ||
| decide to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| if you want to / in order to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| even if / even though | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| seems / I think | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| take (time/money) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| right? / you know? | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| I see! / (discovery) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| oh, (surprise/notice) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| polite is it...? / curious | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| do/does it...? (question) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| well..., you see... (softening) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| seem/show feelings (3rd person) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| make/let (adverbial) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| be in a resulting state | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| become / get (change of state) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| end up / come to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| adnominal modifier (past / descriptive) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| adnominal modifier (present / ongoing) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| adnominal modifier (future / prospective) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| cannot / fail to | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| honorific subject marker | Particle | beginner | ||
| from (a person, written) | Particle | beginner | ||
| from (a person, spoken) | Particle | beginner | ||
| indefinite / wondering ("some-") | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| vague reason / uncertainty ("somehow") | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| but, though (contrastive) | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| having / showing a quality | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| worth doing; seems worth it | Conjugation | beginner | ||
| gerund (result) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| say/quote (noun) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| say/quote (statement) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| ask/quote (question) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| suggest/quote (let’s) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| did and then (change/undo) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| used to / previously (descriptive past) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| end up doing / do completely | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| end up (unwanted result) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| no use / pointless | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| even if you try, (still) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| if (hypothetical) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| if (past hypothetical) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| almost (happened) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| should have, wish I had (regret) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| should have (done) but… | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| used to / would often | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| not at all / (strong denial) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| pretend to | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| look like / seem | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| it seems that / appears to be | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| I expect / I suppose | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| since I expect / since I will | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| I think / probably | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| didn't know that | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| thought that / expected | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| might / may | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| although / it's true but | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| on the other hand / whereas | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| even though / despite | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| written narrative form | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| informal speech | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| because / you see | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| you know / as you know | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| because of doing / busy doing | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| because of / due to (unexpected) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| because of / due to (blame) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| and so / since also | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| worried that / lest | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| you said...? (confirming quote) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| I heard that... | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| is it true that...? / I heard | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| what do you mean...? (surprise) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| thinking about doing | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| formal in order to / wanting to | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| was just about to | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| for both purposes / killing two birds | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| should / ought to (self-resolve) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| worth doing / deserves to be | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| make sure to / try to | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| why don't you...? | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| used to / was doing (modifier) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| I noticed / I found that | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| I noticed / I recall that | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| word-level passive suffixes | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| word-level causative suffixes | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| make/let someone do | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| only if / must | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| not only... but also | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| in addition to / on top of | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| even (extreme case) | Particle | intermediate | ||
| even just / take for example | Particle | intermediate | ||
| on the way to | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| while doing / and then | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| to the extent that | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| as big/much as | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| as much as / to the degree that | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| any / anything | Particle | intermediate | ||
| none / nobody | Particle | intermediate | ||
| even if it's just / at least | Particle | intermediate | ||
| whether... or / no matter | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| instead of | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| after (time interval) / in | Particle | intermediate | ||
| casual and then / so | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| do and bring/take | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| after doing (emphasis) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| after doing, I realized | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| as I kept doing, I found | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| if you keep doing, you will | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| and then / surprisingly | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| when I did, it turned out | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| if you keep doing, you will (warning) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| it amounts to / basically | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| do in advance / leave done | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| do and keep / prepare | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| while in a state of | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| as soon as / just as | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| tend to / on the... side | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| -like / seems (suffix) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| befitting / like (suffix) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| you can't imagine how much | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| have no choice but to | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| only / just (nothing more) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| indeed / truly (emphasis) | Particle | intermediate | ||
| so that / until | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| shortened 에서; subject marker (혼자서) | intermediate | |||
| full of / characterized by (suffix) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| to keep doing (mimetic suffix) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| to keep doing (mimetic suffix) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| emphatic verb suffix | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| rather than (doing), if it comes to (doing) | Conjugation | intermediate | ||
| if / when (archaic) | Conjugation | advanced | ||
| will / intend to (archaic) | Conjugation | advanced |