Basic Korean Grammar

Learn how stem-final ㅡ disappears before -아/어요 and how to choose 아 or 어.

Learn when a final ㄹ disappears before endings beginning with ㄴ, ㅂ, or ㅅ.

Learn how to say “before doing” with V-기 전에, including schedules, reminders, and routines.

Learn how to say “after doing” with V-(으)ㄴ 후에 and put events in a clear order.

Learn to express an intention or near-future plan with V-(으)려고 해요.

Review and extend -고 싶다 with polite, past, negative, question, and third-person forms.

Learn to describe a change of state with the Korean pattern A-아지다/어지다.

Learn how to say that you can or cannot do something with -(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다.

Learn to express future plans, intentions, and predictions with -(으)ㄹ 거예요.

Learn the Korean polite past tense -았/었어요 with vowel rules, contractions, examples, dialogue, and practice.