Lesson 41: To Give: , ~/

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use. You might not be able to understand all of the grammar within the

example sentences, but most of the grammar used will be introduced by the
end of Unit 2. Use these sentences to give yourself a feel for how each word
can be used, and maybe even to expose yourself to the grammar that you
will be learning shortly.

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Nouns:

= colleague, peer
= intersection
= day care
= kindergarten
= roots
= trade
= chin
= left foot
= left hand
= right foot
= right hand

 = palm
= voice
= forehead
Common Usages:

= to have a big (wide) forehead

= to have a small (narrow) forehead

Examples:

= My forehead is a little bit sore

= Please stick this on my forehead

= I have a big forehead, so I need

to have bangs

= Depending on
the shape of ones forehead, the hairstyle that suits a person is different
= toe
= ankle
= butt
= body
= prison
= cheek
= in the right place
Verbs:

= to deal with people

= to go crazy
Adverbs and Other Words:
= far, far away
= extremely
= the first time in history something is done or occurs

 = beginning of a time period

= end of a time period
= put with negative sentences to stress
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Introduction
In the previous lesson, you learned how to give commands using the imperative voice. In this lesson, you will learn how to use and how it can be
used with the imperative voice. In addition, you will learn how to use ~/
when an action is done for you. Lets get started.
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= to give
means to give and you already know how to use it in a wide variety
of sentences when an object is being given. For example:
= I gave my friend money
= Dad gave me food

When asking/telling/commanding another person to give something to you,

you can attach an imperative ending that you learned in the previous les-

son. For example, if you want somebody to give you a book, you can attach
any imperative form:

() = Give me that book

() = Give me that book (usually pronounced as )

() = Give me that book
Other examples:

= Give me one bottle of beer (please)

= Give me that spoon (please)
= Give me lots of rice

= Give me only your left hand

6 = Give me the money at the end of June

The sentences above only involve objects being given. It is also possible to
use when an action is being done for a person. Lets talk about this
next.

Verb stem + ~/
By adding ~/ to the stem of a word, you can imply that the action
is somehow beneficial to you (or whoever the action is being done for);

almost as if it were a favor that another person completed. In these cases,

not only is the action completed, but it is completed for you (or whoever).
For example:

= That teacher taught me Korean

= That teacher taught me Korean

Those sentences essentially have the same meaning, but by adding ~/
the speaker is emphasizing that the teacher provided some sort of
service/favor by teaching you.
Many more examples:
Notice that ~() can be added to ~/ if the person acting deserves
high respect.

= Mom put some candy into my hands (on my palms) for me

= My brother will send the money early next year

= A colleague explained that work to me

= Grandma came from far away (for me/us) today

= The policeman dealt with the crazy person outside (for me)

= Nobody wants to deal with me at this company because Im a foreigner

= The teacher opened the daycare for us at night for a little bit (for us/me)
You learned in the previous lesson how to add imperative endings to words.
If you want a person to do something for you, you can first add ~/
to the stem of the word and add an imperative ending to .
Notice the difference between the following sentences:
= Come quick

= Come quick (for me)

Notice that both sentences essentially have the same meaning. The first
sentence is simply a command, but the second sentence (because of the

nature of the word ) implies that the desired action is beneficial to

the speaker. Almost as if the action is a favor that the speaker would like to
happen.

Therefore, adding ~/ to a stem gives the sentence the meaning of

do __ for me. This often translates more simply to Please, .. For
example:

! = Please, make me lunch

= Please, make this for me

The two sentences above have essentially the same meaning, but a slightly
different feel than the following sentences:
= Make lunch
= Make this

The only difference being that when using you are specifically asking
for some sort of service. When you do not include , you are just tell-

ing somebody to do something. However, by saying , you are indicating

that the person is doing something for you.
Many more examples:
= Please put that book back in its place
= Please put this lotion on my cheeks
= Please stick this on my forehead

= Please leave me a voice message

 = Please accept our child into this kindergarten

= My ankle is sore, so please look at it for a

second

= Please put this sock on my right foot

= The people who dont know the

answer, please raise your right hand

In Lesson 36 you learned about the word and how it can be used to

indicate that one cannot see something. ~/ is often added to

to ask for something to be shown to somebody. and

(with and without the space) are acceptable. For example:
= Please show (me) your face
= Please show me your toe

= Please show me where the international trade building is

is an interesting word that is commonly used in Korean especially in

speech. One way that it is used is as a shortened version of . As such,

it can replace in sentences where appropriate, but this is usually
reserved for speaking or dialogue in print. For example:
= The weather got a little bit cold

= Im going to go a little bit higher

= My forehead is a little bit sore

= The stocks I bought were a bit expensive

It is also common to find used in imperative sentences. When asking
somebody to do something for you, using makes the request sound a
little bit softer. This is almost impossible to translate to English, as its
addition simply adds a feel to the sentence. For example:
= Give me lots of rice

= Please, make this for me

= Please put that book back in its place (for

me)

There are other ways to ask for something in Korean that dont need the
imperative mood. For example, you could also say Can you do this for

me? It would also be appropriate to use in sentences like this as well.

This grammar has not been introduced yet, so I do not want to talk about it
here. It will be talked about in Lesson 45.

Using with Negative Imperative Sentences

Just like you learned in the previous lesson, you can tell a person not to do

something by adding ~ to the stem of a word. You can also add ~/

after ~ to have the same effect as described previously. That

is, you are asking for somebody to not do something for you. For example:
= Dont say that

= Please dont say that

Those sentences essentially have the same meaning, but by adding
the speaker is emphasizing that the teacher provided some sort of service/favor by not saying that. Below are many more examples:
= Please dont sleep in class
= Please dont stare at me

= Please dont touch my bum

! = Please dont put me in prison!

= Please dont forget your roots

Thank You For
This is where everything starts to come together. You can use the concepts
you learned in this lesson, the previous lesson, and in Lesson 37 to say
thank you for.

If you wanted to say, thank you for listening, you would have to use multiple concepts.

First off, a word: (to listen)

By adding ~/ to , we get: , which can be used
many ways:

 = He listened to me
= Listen to me, please

If you add ~/ (because) to , you get:

which means something like because you listene(d).
If you add (thank you) after ~/, you get:
= Because you listened, thank you (thank you for listening)

Okay, one more time.

1) Take a verb: (to cook)
2) Add ~/ :
3) Add ~/:

4) Add = = thanks for cooking

It seems really confusing because there are so many concepts wrapped in
one sentence. More examples will help you get the hang of it:
= Thanks for studying hard

= Thanks for teaching that to me

= Thanks for opening the door for me

To make it even more confusing, often times ~() is added to ~/

(because, usually when you are thanking somebody, you are trying to be
formal). For example:

= Thanks for teaching that to me

( + ~/ + ~() + ~/ + )

And that is why I waited until Lesson 41 to teach you about this concept.

There would have been no way that you would have been able to grasp everything I taught in this lesson if I had taught it earlier. It took us so long to
get to the point where I was comfortable teaching concepts like ~/
and ~(), and now we are using both of those concepts together in
addition to what you learned in this lesson.

Tough stuff, but hopefully you understood everything correctly.

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