Grammar Points Covered In Low Intermediate Classes

The following is a list of grammar points covered in the Low Intermediate classes and using the Korean Grammar in Use: Beginning book. If you know all or most of the grammar listed, you may want to consider the Intermediate class. If most of the grammar below looks unfamiliar, then Low Intermediate is probably a good class for you.

Intro to the Korean Language

1. Korean sentence structure
2. Conjugation of verbs and adjectives
3. Connecting sentences
4. Sentence types
5. Honorific expressions

Getting Ready

1. 이다 (to be)
2. 있다 (to exist/be, to have)
3. Numbers and Counters
4. Dates and Days of the Week
5. Time

Unit 1: Tenses

1. Present Tense A/V-(스)ㅂ니다
2. Present Tense A/V-아/어요
3. Past Tense A/V-았/었어요
4. Future Tense V-(으)ㄹ 거예요(1)
5. Progressive Tense V-고 있다(1)
6. Past Perfect Tense A/V-았/었었어요

Unit 2: Negative Expressions

1. Word Negation
2. 안 A/V-아/어요 (A/V-지 않아요)
3. 못 V-아/어요 (V-지 못해요)

Unit 3: Particles

1. N이/가
2. N은/는
3. N을/를
4. N와/과, N(이)랑, N하고
5. N의
6. N에(1)
7. N에(2)
8. N에서
9. N에서 N까지, N부터 N까지
10. N에게/한테
11. N도
12. N만
13. N밖에
14. N(으)로
15. N(으)나(1)
16. N(으)나(2)
17. N쯤
18. N처럼, N같이
19. N보다
20. N마다

Unit 4: Listing and Contrast

1. A/V-고
2. V-거나
3. A/V-지만
4. A/V-(으)ㄴ/는데(1)

Unit 5: Time Expressions

1. N 전에, V-기 전에
2. N 후에, V-(으)ㄴ 후에
3. V-고 나서
4. V-아/어서(1)
5. N 때, A/V-(으)ㄹ 때
6. V-(으)면서
7. N 중, V-는 중
8. V-자마자
9. N 동안, V-는 동안
10. V-(으)ㄴ 지

Unit 6: Ability and Possibility

1. V-(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다
2. V-(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다

Unit 7: Demands, Obligations, Permission and Prohibition

1. V-(으)세요
2. V-지 마세요
3. A/V-아/어야 되다/하다
4. A/V-아/어도 되다
5. A/V-(으)면 안 되다
6. A/V-지 않아도 되다 (안 A/V-아/어도 되다)

Unit 8: Expressions of Hope

1. V-고 싶다
2. A/V-았/었으면 좋겠다

Unit 9: Reasons and Causes

1. A/V-아/어서(2)
2. A/V-(으)니까(1)
3. N 때문에, A/V-기 때문에

Unit 10: Making Requests and Assisting

1. V-아/어 주세요, V-아/어 주시겠어요?
2. V-아/어 줄게요, V-아/어 줄까요?

Unit 11: Trying New Things and Experiences

1. V-아/어 보다
2. V-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다/없다

Unit 12: Asking Opinions and Making Suggestions

1. V-(으)ㄹ까요?(1)
2. V-(으)ㄹ까요?(2)
3. V-(으)ㅂ시다
4. V-(으)시겠어요?
5. V-(으)ㄹ래요?(1)

Unit 13: Intentions and Plans

1. A/V-겠어요(1)
2. V-(으)ㄹ게요
3. V-(으)ㄹ래요(2)

Unit 14: Background Information and Explanations

1. A/V-(으)ㄴ/는데(2)
2. V-(으)니까(2)

Unit 15: Purpose and Intention

1. V-(으)러 가다/오다
2. V-(으)려고
3. V-(으)려고 하다
4. N을/를 위해(서), V-기 위해(서)
5. V-기로 하다

Unit 16: Conditions and Suppositions

1. A/V-(으)면
2. V-(으)라면
3. A/V-아/어도

Unit 17: Conjecture

1. A/V-겠어요(2)
2. A/V-(으)ㄹ 거예요(2)
3. A/V-(으)ㄹ까요?(3)
4. A/V-(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것같다

Unit 18: Changes in Parts of Speech

1. 관형형 -(드)ㄴ/-는/-(으)ㄹ N
2. A/V-기
3. A-게
4. A-아/어하다

Unit 19: Expressions of State

1. V-고 있다(2)
2. V-아/어 있다
3. A-아/어지다
4. V-게 되다

Unit 20: Confirming Information

1. A/V-(으)ㄴ/는지
2. V-는 데 갈리다/들다
3. A/V-지요?

Unit 21: Discovery and Surprise

1. A/V-군요/는군요
2. A/V-네요

Unit 22: Additional Endings

1. A-군요, V-는군요
2. A/V-(으)ㄴ/는데요

Unit 23: Quotations

1. Direct Quotations
2. Indirect Quotations
3. Indirect Quotations Contracted Forms

Unit 24: Irregular Conjugations (불규칙)

1. ‘ㅡ’ 불규칙
2. ‘ㄹ’ 불규칙
3. ‘ㅂ’ 불규칙
4. ‘ㄷ’ 불규칙
5. ‘르’ 불규칙
6. ‘ㅎ’ 불규칙
7. ‘ㅅ’ 불규칙

Good Things to Know

1. Demonstrative Pronouns (이, 그, 저)
2. Temporal Adverbs (아직, 이미, 벌써; 지금, 이제, 요즘; 먼저, 아까, 나중에, 이따가)
3. Frequency Adverbs (항상, 언제나, 자주, 가끔, 거의 – 지 않다, 전혀 – 지 않다)
4. Connective Adverbs (그리고, 그렇지만, 그래서, 그러니까, 그러면, 그런데, 그래도)