Korean Grammar

The Korean grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Korean and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: 그리고  [keurigo]	Under: 아래에  [arae-ye]
Before: 전에  [jeone]	After: 뒤에  [dwiie]
Inside: 안  [an]	Outside: 겉에  [keote]
With: -와 함께  [ -wah hamkke]	But: 그러나  [keureona]
For: 를 위해  [reul wiihae]	From: 부터  [bu-teo]
To: 에  [e]	In: -에  [ -e]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: 무엇?  [mu-eos?]	Who?: 누구?  [nu-gu?]
How?: 어떻게?  [eotteohke?]	Why?: 왜?  [waeh?]
Where?: 어디에?  [eodi-e?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: 결코  [kyeol-ko]	Rarely: 드물게  [deumul-ke]
Sometimes: 가끔  [kakkeum]	Usually: 보통  [botong]
Always: 항상  [hangsang]	Very: 매우  [ma-eu]

Most commonly used pronouns in Korean:

I: 나는  [naneun]	You: 너는  [neoneun]
He: 그는  [keuneun]	She: 그녀는  [keunyeoneun]
We: 우리는  [urineun]	They: 그들은  [keudeu-reun]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: 나의  [naye]	Your: 너의  [neoyi]
His: 그의  [keuyi]	Her: 그녀의  [keunyeoyi]
Our: 우리의  [uriyi]	Their: 그들의  [keudeulyi]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: 저는 영어를 합니다  [jeoneun yeongeoreul hamnida]

You speak French: 당신은 프랑스어를 합니다  [tangshineun peurangseu-eoreul hamnida]

He speaks German: 그는 독어를 합니다  [keuneun do-georeul hamnida]

She speaks Italian: 그녀는 이탈리어를 합니다  [keunyeoneun italliyeoreul hamnida]

I visited France: 전 프랑스를 방문했습니다  [jeon peurangseureul bangmunhaessseumnida]

I will drink milk: 저는 우유를 마실 것입니다  [jeoneun uyureul mashil geo-shimnida]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: 당신을 이해합니다  [tangshineurihae-hamnida]

I don't understand you: 당신을 이해하지 못합니다  [tangshineurihae-haji mothamnida]

I don't speak French: 저는 프랑스어를 못합니다  [jeoneun peurangseu-eoreul mothamnida]

This is my house: 여기가 제 집입니다  [yeo-gi-ga je jibimnida]

That restaurant is far: 그 식당은 멀리 있습니다  [keu shikdangeun meolli issseumnida]

No problem: 문제없습니다  [munjeyeoptseumnida]

The above Korean grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Korean vocabulary to obtain some popular Korean phrases.