Low Intermediate Week 3 Review

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Most Important Things We Went Over This Week

이/가 is the subject particle marker; 을/를 is the object particle marker.
이/가 expresses NEW information; 은/는 continues the previous subject matter
이/가 emphasizes the preceding subject
은/는 = “regarding” or “as for” blah blah blah subject
은/는 compares or contrasts
와/과 used in writing, presentations, speeches; (이)랑/하고 used in everyday conversation
의 most often pronounced 에 and often omitted in colloquial speech
에서 = some action or behavior happens there, while 에 simply means “at” (movement, location, existence, time)
에서…까지 is for locations, 부터…까지 is for times
에게/한테 = for living creatures (not plants) that receive some action (for plants = 에), but 께 is used for older people
밖에 means “nothing but…” and is always followed by negative form, but NOT 아니다 nor imperative (으세요, ㄹ까요?) or propositive forms (ㅂ시다)
(으)로 means “toward” if speaking of direction, or “with/from” if referring to transport, tools, or materials to make something
(이)나 means one of two choices will be chosen, or also that the amount is WAY higher than expected (“no less than”)
밖에 = quite undervalued, very low – 이나 = way over-the-top, so huge
보다 = the word preceding it is the standard for comparison

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