In this series, we focus on how you can use the grammatical rules and expressions that you have learned so far to train yourself to make more Korean sentences more comfortably and more flexibly.

We will start off with THREE key sentences, and practice changing parts of these sentences so that you don’t end up just memorizing the same three sentences. We want you to be able to be as flexible as possible with the Korean sentences you can make.

Key Sentence #1
쇼핑도 할 겸, 친구도 만날 겸, 홍대에 갈 수도 있어요.
[sho-ping-do hal gyeom, chin-gu-do man-nal gyeom, hong-dae-e wa-sseo-yo.]
= I might go to Hongdae, so I could do some shopping as well as meet a friend while I’m here.

Key Sentence #2
내일 다시 오거나, 아니면 다른 사람에게 부탁할게요.
[nae-il da-si o-geo-na, a-ni-myeon da-reun sa-ra-me-ge bu-ta-kal-ge-yo.]
= I will either come again tomorrow or ask someone else.

Key Sentence #3
그러니까, 누구하고 같이 갈 거라고요?
[geu-reo-ni-kka, nu-gu-ha-go ga-chi gal geo-ra-go-yo?]
= So I mean, who did you say you were going to go with?

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Expansion & variation practice with key sentence #1
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0. Original Sentence:
쇼핑도 할 겸, 친구도 만날 겸, 홍대에 갈 수도 있어요.
= I might go to Hongdae, so I could do some shopping as well as meet a friend while I’m here.

1.
친구도 만날 겸 = so I could meet a friend as well
공부도 할 겸 = to do some studying (as well as do something else)
인사도 할 겸 = to say hi (to someone while I’m here)
가격도 알아볼 겸 = to check the prices as well (while I’m here doing something else)

2.
홍대에 갈 수도 있어요. = I might go to Hongdae.
친구를 만날 수도 있어요. = I might meet a friend.
제 친구가 알 수도 있어요. = My friend might know.
다시 올 수도 있어요. = I might come back again.


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Expansion & variation practice with key sentence #2
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0. Original Sentence:
내일 다시 오거나, 아니면 다른 사람에게 부탁할게요.
= I will either come again tomorrow or ask someone else.

1.
내일 다시 오거나 = come again tomorrow or
친구를 만나거나 = meet a friend or
친구한테 물어보거나 = ask a friend or
여기에서 기다리거나 = wait here or

2.
아니면 다른 사람에게 부탁할게요. = or I will ask someone else.
아니면 나중에 다시 할게요. = or I will do it again later.
아니면 그냥 제가 할게요. = or I will just do it myself.
아니면 여기에 있을 수도 있어요. = or it might be here.

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Expansion & variation practice with key sentence #3
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0. Original Sentence:
그러니까, 누구하고 같이 갈 거라고요?
= So I mean, who did you say you were going to go with?

1.
그러니까, 누구하고 갈 거예요? = So, who are you going to go with?
그러니까 이거 뭐예요? = I mean, what is this?
그러니까 혼자 왔다고요? = You mean you came here alone?
그러니까 제가 안 했어요. = What I’m saying is, I didn’t do it.

2.
누구하고 같이 갈 거라고요? = You said you were going to go with whom? / Again, who are you going with?
언제 할 거라고요? = You said you were going to do it when? / Again, when are you going to do it?
이게 뭐라고요? = What did you say this was? / Again, what is this?