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지 않아요: A negative ending, used with a predicate stem: not to | 3 |
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VST + 지 마세요: A negative form of imperative ending: the meaning is like then "Please don’t do xyz action". | 2 |
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VST + 지(요): An interrogative ending for seeking an agreement or confirmation from the listen. They share common knowledge about the something. Usually, means same as HAMNIDA or EE-A-O. | 2 |
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VST + 잖아요: A negative form of to remind the listener of what he/she should know. In English it's called a "tag question". | 1 |
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N + 이 아니다: A negative form of ‘이다’: it's meaning is ".. is not" and " …are not" (korean has no plurals) | 1 |
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VST + 면서: Denotes two actions or two situations happen simultaneously: while | 2 |
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로 하다: A selection out of many alternatives | 1 |
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라니: Used when the speaker questions something he/she has heard and does not agree with but wants to repeat anyway | 1 |
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VST + ㄹ 줄 알다: being able to, capable of | 1 |
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다: almost | 1 |
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어 있다 / 아 있다: the English tense of "to be doing" and "have been doing" | 3 |
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으로부터: it's used lots to indicate the origin of sth
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도: used for listing things | 1 |
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도: in English it would mean "even" | 2 |
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도: also | 1 |
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VST + 고: used in listing an enumeration | 1 |
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한테서: indicates origin of an action, used for animals and people, and used similarly to 에게서 | 1 |
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만큼: as big as that | 1 |
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VST + 고 싶다: ~ to want/desire to do something. this is a very common expression! | 2 |
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부터: can indicate the first ina sequence of things | 2 |