The most common way of forming adverbs from adjectives in Korean is by adding ‘게/하게’ to the stem of an adjective.

‘하게’ is added to an adjective that has ‘하다’ ending in its infinitive:

Stem of an adjective + 게/하게

Examples:

어렵다  (difficult) > 어렵게 (difficultly)

쉽다 (easy) > 쉽게 (easily)

예쁘다 (beautiful) > 예쁘게  (beautifully)

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For some adjectives that have ‘하다’ ending, ‘히’ can be added to make their adverbs as well.

In this case, the adverbs with ‘하게/히’ can be used interchangeably. 

Stem of an adjective in ‘하다’ form + 히/하게

Examples:

조용하다 (quiet)  > 조용히 (quietly) or 조용하게 (quietly)

안전하다 (safe) > 안전히 (safely) or 안전하게 (safely)

‘하고/고’ is most frequently used form of ‘and’ in Korean.

‘고’ is added after action, while ‘하고’ is added after objects or nouns.

‘하고’ can be used after action, if the action is formed from ‘하다’ verb.

Examples:

You should exercise and eat less candies. 

너는 운동하고 사탕을 덜 먹어야해. 

neoneun undonghago satangeul deol meogeoyahae. 

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‘와/과’ is the most formal way of saying ‘and’ in Korean.

The way of using it is equivalent to that of ‘하고/고’, but ‘와/과’ is more formal.

‘와’ is added after a syllable ending with a vowel, and ‘과’ is added after a syllable ending with consonant.

Examples:

I will travel with my friend. 

친구와 여행을 갈 계획입니다. 

chinguwa yeohaengeul gal gyehoegipnida. 

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‘그리고’ is the only form of ‘and’ in Korean that can link two sentences.

그리고 can also be used to link nouns.

Examples:

She needs water, food, and a shelter. 

그녀는 물, 음식, 그리고 쉼터가 필요합니다. 

geunyeoneun mul, eumsik, geurigo swimteoga piryohapnida. 

“도” is a Korean particle that can be translated to “also” or “too” in English.

It is used to indicate that something or someone shares a characteristic or behaviour with another thing or person.

To use “도” in a sentence, you need to place it after the subject or object that you want to compare.

For example, “저도 한국어를 공부해요.” (I also study Korean.)

Here, “도” follows the subject “저” (I) to indicate that the speaker also studies Korean.

There are four different families of ‘suffixes’ that mean ‘because’ in Korean:

-서/-아서/-어서/-해서

-으니까/-니까 

-때문에/-기 떄문에

-느라고 

Essentially, all these suffixes can be used to mean ‘because’, but each of them also has some specific domain of use.

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