Grammar
Korean A2
Add past time, desire, reason, and more flexible connected Korean.
On this level
- Time and actions
Talk about completed actions and life experience more clearly.
- Desire and purpose
Say what you want and what you are planning to do.
- Comparison and connection
Expand what a sentence can compare, explain, and sequence.
Time and actions
Talk about completed actions and life experience more clearly.
Past polite endings
Use -았어요 / -었어요 to talk about completed past actions in common spoken Korean.
Experience with -아/어 본 적이 있어요
This pattern lets Korean talk about having tried or experienced something before.
Desire and purpose
Say what you want and what you are planning to do.
고 싶어요
Use -고 싶어요 to say that you want to do something.
아서/어서 and -(으)러
Use -아서/어서 to link cause or sequence and -(으)러 with movement verbs to show purpose.
Comparison and connection
Expand what a sentence can compare, explain, and sequence.
Comparisons with 더
Use 더 to compare degree directly in very common descriptive Korean patterns.
그리고 and 그래서
Use 그리고 to add another idea and 그래서 to show a result.