Korean Grammar Patterns Review

A collection of flashcards focused on intermediate Korean grammar patterns, including particle usage, tense markers, and reporting speech.

-고 있어요

doing something now / currently doing

-(으)려고 해요

plan or intention to do something ("going to")

-았/었어요

past tense ("did / was")

-아서/어서/해서

because / so (reason → result)

-아/어지다

become / get (a change of state)

Adjective + ㄴ/은 + noun

adjective describing a noun

-는 척하다 / -(으)ㄴ 척하다

pretend to do / pretend to be

Verb + 는 것 같아요

seems / I think someone is doing

Verb + ㄴ/은 것 같아요

seems / I think someone did

Verb + ㄹ/을 것 같아요

seems / I think someone will do

Noun + 인 것 같아요

seems / I think it is a noun

-아/어 본 적이 있다

have experienced doing something before

Verb + ㄴ/는다고 하다

say that someone does/is doing something

Adjective + 다고 하다

say that something is an adjective

Noun + (이)라고 하다

say that something is a noun

Verb + (으)라고 하다

tell someone to do something

Verb + 지 말라고 하다

tell someone not to do something

것 같다고 하다

say that someone thinks / it seems that

-잖아요

you know / remember / reminder ("I told you")

-는데 / -(으)ㄴ데 / -인데

background information / contrast / soft introduction

-고 싶어요

want to do something

-자고 하다

suggest "let’s do"

-(으)니까

because / since / so

-(으)면

if / when

-는지 / -(으)ㄴ지 / -(으)ㄹ지

whether / if / what / why

-(으)ㄴ/는데도

even though / despite

-(으)ㄹ 수 있다 / 없다

can / cannot do something

-(으)ㄹ 뿐만 아니라

not only A, but also B

-게 되다

end up doing / come to do / become due to circumstances

-(으)ㄴ/는 편이다

tend to / usually / be relatively