Everyday Korean: past and future, 해요체 in full, and the connectives that join two clauses.
Can-do: Keep up a conversation on familiar topics — the post office, the bank, making plans, asking a favour.
Ordered by frequency, so the first ones are the ones you will meet first.
way, means, possibility, ability
영어를 할 수 있어요.
I can speak English.
1과 24가 될 수 있어
So, let's just think about the factors of 24.
AI가 할 수 없는 것들이죠.
Those are things that AI cannot do.
팔레스타인과 이스라엘에서도 볼 수 있는 것이고,
You expect to see this between Palestinians and Israelis, for example.
water (as one of the Five Phases)
할 수 있어 할 수 있다구
But such complicated data to a child?
1과 24가 될 수 있어
So, let's just think about the factors of 24.
중국을 갔을 수도 있어요.
He might have gone to China as well.
수입니다.
It's a number.
et cetera
내가 1등을 했어!
I've won first prize!
도쿄, 서울, 베이징, 상하이, 홍콩, 싱가포르 시드니 등이 있지요.
Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sidney.
등 이다.
Back Door.
2등밖에 못 하다
to only get second place
that thing
그가 싸인을 해야 했던 겁니다.
He needed to sign the form.
할 수 있다는 걸요
That I was somebody.
보고 있는 거 봤잖아
You saw that I saw it, right?
내 거예요.
It's mine.
horse
그사람이 말하려고 했어.
He was about to speak.
[말ː] spelled 말
나 할 말 있어
I have to talk to you!
말이 되는 것 같아요
I have to say, it makes sense.
내 말은 주고 가라구.
Just leave my horse.
but
그러나 없다고 말할 수 없다고 하고 있다.
He says that one can be without being.
그러나 우리는 질량수를 35라고 합시다.
But let's say the mass number is 35.
그러나, 프랑스에 갔던 것은 아니었습니다.
But, not traveling to France,
그러나 그들은 라틴 아메리카나 아프리카에 있었습니다.
But they were in Latin America or they were in Africa.
problem, issue
그에 따른 문제들도 있죠.
This has consequences.
[문ː제] spelled 문제
문제는 없을 것 같아.
I don't think there will be any problems.
그것도 문제가 될게 없어요.
Well, that's no problem either.
사회적인 문제도 많았습니다.
A lot of social injury.
such
그런 사람들이 또 있습니다.
Others have done the same.
그 사람만 그런 건 아니죠.
And he wasn't the only one.
그런 사람이라고 사람들이 말했습니다.
They said he was that kind of guy.
그런 일이 있잖아요?
It happens. Right?
This site lists 1,316 words graded to 2급. Counting every level up to and including it, that is 2,381 words in total — the cumulative figure is the one that matters, because 2급 assumes everything below it.
Keep up a conversation on familiar topics — the post office, the bank, making plans, asking a favour.
TOPIK I. One 100-minute sitting covering listening and reading, scored out of 200.
At twenty new words a day, this level's 1,316 words take about 10 weeks on their own. Reaching it from zero means the 2,381 cumulative words, which is closer to 4 months at the same pace.
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