Sentence starters & Macro connectors

하지만 (ha-ji-man)

But / However (Formal sentence-starter)

근데 / 그런데 (geun-de / geu-reon-de)

But / By the way / Pivot (Casual texting shortcut vs. Formal starter)

그래서 (geu-rae-seo)

So / Therefore / That's why (Sentence-starter)

그래도 (geu-rae-do)

Still / Even so / Regardless (Sentence-starter)

그리고 (geu-ri-go)

And / Also (Sentence-starter)

그니까 (geu-ni-kka)

I know, right? / Exactly (Deep emotional texting agreement slang)

~ㄹ/을지도 몰라 (eul-ji-do mol-ra)

(Might / Maybe/ there is a chance that…Has to have speculation at the beginning of sentence- 어쩌면

근데 / 그런데 (gun-de / geu-reon-de)

But / By the way / Pivot /even so (Casual texting shortcut vs. Formal starter)

맞아

That's right / Correct (Giving confirmation)

맞지

Right? / Am I right? (Seeking confirmation)

어쩌면 (eo-jjeo-myeon)

Perhaps / Maybe (Sets up a highly speculative tone)

면 (myeon)

If / When (Conditional link/filler shortcut)

맞지! (mat-ji)

That's right! / Exactly! ❗️

그냥 (geu-nyang)

Just

아무것도 (a-mu-geot-du)

Anything