This sheet focuses on some common, basic words of action and description, while also practices forming verbs with “~습니다 / ~습니까? //~ㅂ니다 / ~ㅂ니까?” ending.
HINTS:
Present tense
Formal and polite (eg. speaking to old, higher rank, new people, audience)
Positive form:
Base form ending with vowel: ~ㅂ니다
Base form ending with consonant: ~습니다
Base form ending with “ㄹ”: ~ㅂ니다 (ㄹ and 스 ommitted)
Question form:
Base form ending with vowel: ㅂ니까?
Base form ending with consonant: ~습니까?
Base form ending with “ㄹ”: ~ㅂ니까? (ㄹ and 스 ommitted)
First obstacle when learning Korean? I am sure to say: it is Hangul itself.
You can find loads of materials promising that you can learn Hangul in an hour, an afternoon or a day, – and it is partially, true. Learning the characters is very straightforward and very easy. But understanding and knowing something is clearly two, different things.
The problem is that getting to the level of “more or less”, “not bad” or “quite good, just need some practice” in reading Hangul won’t be enough for the majority of the learners. Some learn via hearing with the speed of light, but most learners, especially, adult learners are not this type. They also need to know the picture of a word in order to connect it to its sound so as to be able to digest it properly. Knowing it more or less is a trap for them that they will fall into sooner or later, as their amount of “more or less” vocabulary (and even grammar) grows. And the more “more or less” you have, the more uncertain you’ll become, and the more likely you get stuck.
Therefore.. simple it may sound, it is still worth the effort and the time to practice and improve your reading skills to establish a good base to build your learning on. And try not to compromize: as for reading Hangul, go for the backwards and forwards.
Another easy way to practice reading Hangul is to learn and practice country names which are almost the same in English (or even in your native language).
It may seem difficult at first glance, but really worth to play with it.
This sheet includes some countries from Europe.
Please note that the last page of this sheet is the vocabulary list. Don’t print it if you won’t need it.
Hint: once you complete an exercise, read it out for yourself, – this way, you can double your practice!
(Scroll to the bottom of this post to download practice sheet.)
Happy you found this site and I really hope I can help you out with some practice in your learning Korean.
The sheets in the posts are meant to be simple and short with clear focus on a specific grammar or vocabulary to support home learning for the course/book you have chosen, -like an extra homework for drilling and memorizing. I have no intention to teach Korean grammar and/or vocabulary here, only practice, but grammar hints are usually provided in each of the posts, along with link to find the grammar rules in details.
As you can see, all the materials are available for free, but, I would recommend checking the FAQ section, so that both of us can be on the same page. Please, do that! 🙂
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Apart from that: have fun and wish you all the best with your journey of learning!
