Q: How to ask someone NOT to do something in Korean?

when you want to ask someone not to do something , we put ‘-지 마세요.’ to word stems. ‘마세요’ has the meaning of ‘do not’. In this case, it does not matter whether the verb stem ends in a vowel or a consonant. Whether the verb stem ends in a vowel or a consonant, “ -지 마세요 ” is used. Examples: 큰 소리로 말하 지 마세요 . Please do not speak loudly. 비밀번호를 바꾸 지 마세요 . Please do not change the password.

Q: What are some basic Korean sentence structure?

Here are the 3 most basic Korean sentence structure: #1 || Subject + Verb #2 || Subject + Object + Verb #3 || Subject + Noun / Adjective -- Learn more about Korean sentence structures here.

Q: What is the Korean negative form?

Expressing ‘not’. For verbs and adjectives. Add ‘안’ or ‘-지 않아요’ in front of them. Example: 지수는 초콜릿을 좋아하지 않아요. Expressing ‘cannot’. For verbs only. Add 못’or ‘-지 못해요’ in front of the verb. Example: 저는 수영을 못 해요. Expressing ‘do not know’. The word ‘to know’ in Korean is ‘알다’. However, we rarely apply the methods of case 1 and case 2 for this word. Instead, we use the word ‘몰라요’ Example: 나는 그녀의 연락처를 몰라요. Expressing ‘not have’. When we make a sentence to talk about the absence of something, we would use ‘없어요’. Example: 공원에 사람들이 거의 없어요. -- Learn more about the Korean negative form here.

Question 1

How to ask someone to do something?

Accepted Answer

To make an imperative form in Korean and ask someone to do something, you need to conjugate the verbs according to the following rules.

Verb stem ends in a Vowel: add -세요.

Verb stem ends in a Consonant: -으세요.

Examples: 조용히 말하세요. Please speak quietly.

창문을 닫으세요. Close the window.

Question 2

How to ask someone NOT to do something in Korean?

Accepted Answer

when you want to ask someone not to do something, we put ‘-지 마세요.’ to word stems.

‘마세요’ has the meaning of ‘do not’. In this case, it does not matter whether the verb stem ends in a vowel or a consonant.

Whether the verb stem ends in a vowel or a consonant, “-지 마세요” is used.

Examples:

큰 소리로 말하지 마세요. Please do not speak loudly.

비밀번호를 바꾸지 마세요. Please do not change the password.

Question 3

Is Korean SVO or SOV?

Accepted Answer

Korean is a SOV language, meaning the basic language structure is:

Subject + Object + Verb

Japanese, Mongolian and Turkish are also SOV languages for example.

English is a SVO language: subject + verb + object

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Learn more about Korean sentence structures here.

Question 4

What are some basic Korean sentence structure?

Accepted Answer

Here are the 3 most basic Korean sentence structure:

#1 || Subject + Verb

#2 || Subject + Object + Verb

#3 || Subject + Noun / Adjective

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Learn more about Korean sentence structures here.

Question 5

What is the Korean negative form?

Accepted Answer

Expressing ‘not’. For verbs and adjectives. Add ‘안’ or ‘-지 않아요’ in front of them.

Example: 지수는 초콜릿을 좋아하지 않아요.

Expressing ‘cannot’. For verbs only. Add 못’or ‘-지 못해요’ in front of the verb.

Example: 저는 수영을 못 해요.

Expressing ‘do not know’. The word ‘to know’ in Korean is ‘알다’. However, we rarely apply the methods of case 1 and case 2 for this word. Instead, we use the word ‘몰라요’

Example: 나는 그녀의 연락처를 몰라요.

Expressing ‘not have’. When we make a sentence to talk about the absence of something, we would use ‘없어요’.

Example: 공원에 사람들이 거의 없어요.

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Learn more about the Korean negative form here.

Question 6

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Accepted Answer

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Grammar Point	Pattern	Example
Korean imperative form	Verb + -세요 / 으세요	조용히 말하세요.
Future progressive tense in Korean	Verb Stem + 고 있을 것이다	내일 이 시간에 저는 책을 읽고 있을 거예요.
Irregular Korean verbs	ㄷ changes to ㄹ before a vowel	듣다 → 들어요
Compound verbs in Korean	Verb Stem + Verb Stem + 다	새로운 레스토랑을 찾아보고 싶어요.
Creating adverbs in Korean	Adjective + 게/하게	조용하게
Relative quantities in Korean	정말, 진짜, 너무 etc	진짜 니 친구가 그렇게 말했어?
Asking & giving directions	어느 + 쪽으로 / 방향으로 / 길로 + 가면될까요 ?	동명초등학교로 가려면 어느쪽으로 가면 될까요?
Conjunctive expressions in Korean	[Verb/Adjective] + -고	계약서를 검토하고 서명했습니다.
Expressing probability in Korean	S + V + -ㄹ/을 것 같다	비가 올 것 같아요.
Approximations in Korean		3시쯤만나요.
Basic Formal Korean Words	Noun + 님 / 분	선생님
Expressing suggestion in Korean	Verb + ᄇ / 읍시다	내일 서울에 갑시다.

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