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  • Conjunctions (so, and, but, or, because, well, anyways)

    Ok, now let’s learn some Korean conjunctions.

    Conjunctions are used to connect sentences together. Here are the most common ones.

    Examples

    친구랑 만났어요 그리고 저녁을 먹었어요. = I met a friend and also ate dinner.

    친구랑 만났어요 그런데 저녁을 먹었어요. = I met a friend but ate dinner.

    친구랑 만났어요 그래서 저녁을 먹었어요. = I met a friend so I ate dinner.

    그러면 같이 가요. = Well then, let’s go together.

    버거 아니면 피자 먹고싶어요? = Do you want to eat burgers or pizza?

    왜냐하면 전 바빴어요. – Because I’ve been busy.

    어쨌든 고마워요. – Anyways, thanks.

    CONJUNCTIONS
    WORD TRANSLATION
    그리고 AND,ALSO,AS WELL
    하지만 BUT
    그런데,근데 BUT,HOWEVER
    그러지만 YES BUT,MOREOVER
    그러면,그럼,글쎄 WELL,IN THAT CASE
    그래서, 그러니까 SO,THUS,THEREFORE
    그래도 BUT STILL
    아니면 OR
    또는,혹은 OR
    왜냐하면 BECAUSE
    어쨌든, 아무튼 ANYWAYS, IN ANY CASE
    어차피 FINALLY
    만약에 IF

  • 가지고,없이 (with, so, after, without)

    Now we look at two grammar constructs that are used a lot in everyday Korean. These two constructs are 가지고 and 없이.

    1. 가지고 means ‘with’.

    신분중을 가지고 오세요. – Come with your ID.

    V + 아/어/여 + 가지고

    2. 아/어/여 가지고 can be used colloquiolly to replace 아/어/여서 in sentences, which connect sentences together with a reason/casual connection.

    이걸 진짜 좋아 가지고 많이 샀어요. – I really like these so I bought a lot.

    3. 아/어/여 가지고 can mean after doing something, much like how 고 나서 is used.

    저녁을 먹어 가지고 신문을 읽어요. – After I ate dinner, I read the newspaper.

    4. 없이 means ‘without’.

    함버거를 케찹 없이 먹는거 좋아해요. – I like to eat hamburgers without ketchup.