Basic Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook, Second Edition, is an accessible reference grammar and workbook in one volume. The text can be used in conjunction with any primary textbook, both as a practice book to reinforce learning and as a reference guide to the basics of Korean grammar.

Andrew Sangpil Byon is Associate Professor of Korean Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, USA.

1 Hangul (the Korean alphabet) 2 Characteristics of the Korean language 3 Nouns 4 Predicates and endings 5 The formal speech level and the polite speech level 6 The subject case particle -/- 7 The special particle -/- 8 Pronouns 9 Numbers, ordinals, and plural marker - 10 Counters, the question word -, and some time expressions 11 The copula --/--- and the verb of existence and location --/-- 12 Case particles I: -/- and (-)- 13 Case particles II: -, -, -/-, (-)-, and -- 14 Case particles III: --, --, --, -, ---, and --- 15 Special particles I : - and - 16 Special particle II: (-)-, --, and -- 17 Past tense and double past tense marker 18 Negation 19 Irregular predicates 20 Expressing desire ~- --, continuous actions ~- --, and continuous states ~-/- -- 21 The endings: ~(-)- ---and ~(-)---? 22 Prenouns 23 Adverbs and adverbials 24 The endings: ~(-)---and ~(-)--- 25 The suffixes: ~- and -(-)- 26 Sentence-final endings: ~--, ~--, ~--, ~---