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
다른 사람들한테 물어보나마나, 제가 맞다고 할 거예요.
[da-reun sa-ram-deul-han-te mu-reo-bo-na-ma-na, je-ga mat-da-go hal geo-ye-yo.]
= Even if you ask other people, they will say I am right.

Key Sentence #2
이건 계속 연습하기만 하면 잘하게 되어 있어요.
[i-geon gye-sok yeon-seu-pa-gi-man ha-myeon ja-ra-ge doe-eo i-sseo-yo.]
= As long as you keep practicing this, you are bound to get good at it.

Key Sentence #3
여기는 날씨도 추운 데다가, 물가도 비싼 편이에요.
[yeo-gi-neun nal-ssi-do chu-un de-da-ga, mul-ga-do bi-ssan pyeo-ni-e-yo.]
= On top of being cold, here, the prices are rather high too.

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Expansion & variation practice with key sentence #1
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0. Original Sentence:
다른 사람들한테 물어보나마나, 제가 맞다고 할 거예요.
= Even if you ask other people, they will say I am right.

1.
다른 사람들한테 물어보나마나 = (regardless of) whether you ask other people or not
확인해 보나마나 = (regardless of) whether you check or not
거기까지 가나마나 = (regardless of) wether you go all the way there or not
열심히 하나마나 = (regardless of) whether you work hard on it or not
사진을 많이 찍으나마나 = (regardless of) whether you take a lot of photos or not

2.
제가 맞다고 할 거예요. = They will say that I am right.
이게 제일 좋다고 했어요. = They said that this is the best one.
어렵지 않다고 했어요. = They said that it is not difficult.
혼자 간다고 했어요. = He said that he would go there alone.
바쁘다고 할 거예요. = They will say that they are busy.

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Expansion & variation practice with key sentence #2
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0. Original Sentence:
이건 계속 연습하기만 하면 잘하게 되어 있어요.
= As long as you keep practicing this, you are bound to get good at it.

1.
이건 계속 연습하기만 하면 = as long as you keep practicing this,
중간에 그만두지만 않으면 = as long as you don’t quit in the middle
사람들이 계속 봐 주기만 하면 = as long as people keep watching it
손님이 계속 오기만 하면 = as long as customers keep coming
멀리 가지만 않으면 = as long as you don’t go far

2.
잘하게 되어 있어요. = You are bound to get better at it.
사람들이 알게 되어 있어요. = People will surely find out eventually.
다시 만나게 되어 있어요. = You are bound to meet again.
돌아오게 되어 있어요. = They will come back for sure.
해결되게 되어 있어요. = It is bound to be solved.

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Expansion & variation practice with key sentence #3
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0. Original Sentence:
여기는 날씨도 추운 데다가, 물가도 비싼 편이에요.
= On top of being cold, here, the prices are rather high too.

1.
여기는 날씨도 추운 데다가 = on top of being cold, this place ...
요즘 시간도 없는 데다가 = these days, on top of having no time,
아직 숙제를 다 못 한 데다가 = I haven’t finished all my homework yet, and on top of that,
어제 늦게 잠든 데다가 = I went to sleep late yesterday, and in addition to that,
영어를 잘하는 데다가 = on top of speaking English well,

2.
물가도 비싼 편이에요. = The prices are rather high, too.
키도 큰 편이에요. = He is also quite tall.
분위기도 좋은 편이에요. = The atmosphere is also pretty nice.
일도 잘하는 편이에요. = He is quite good at what he does, too.
중국어도 잘하는 편이에요. = She speaks fairly good Chinese, as well.