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BASIC KOREAN: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This workbook presents twenty-five individual grammar points in lively and realistic contexts, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Korean. Grammar points are followed by examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning. Basic Korean is suitable for both class use as well as independent study. Key features include: • abundant exercises with full answer key • all Korean entries presented in Hangul with English translations • subject index. Clearly presented and user-friendly, Basic Korean provides readers with the essential tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations, making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for both beginners and students with some knowledge of the language. Andrew Sangpil Byon is Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Albany, where he teaches courses in Korean language and civilization. 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d i i 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM Other titles available in the Grammar Workbooks series are: Basic Cantonese Intermediate Cantonese Basic Chinese Intermediate Chinese Basic German Intermediate German Basic Italian Basic Irish Intermediate Irish Basic Polish Intermediate Polish Basic Russian Intermediate Russian Basic Spanish Intermediate Spanish Basic Welsh Intermediate Welsh 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d ii ii 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM BASIC KOREAN: A GRAMMAR AND WORKBOOK Andrew Sangpil Byon 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d iii iii 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM First published 2009 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2009 Andrew Sangpil Byon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Byon, Andrew Sangpil. Basic Korean : a grammar & workbook / Andrew Sangpil Byon. – 1st ed. p. cm. – (Grammar workbook series) 1. Korean language – Grammar – Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Korean language – Textbooks for foreign speakers – English. I. Title. PL913.B96 2008 495.7′82421–dc22 2008006927 ISBN 0-203-89227-5 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10 0-415-77487-X (pbk) ISBN10 0-203-89227-5 (ebk) ISBN13 978-0-415-77487-1 (pbk) ISBN13 978-0-203-89227-5 (ebk) 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d iv iv 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM CONTENTS Preface vii 1 Reading Hangul (the Korean alphabet) 1 2 Characteristics of the Korean language 9 3 Nouns 15 4 Predicates and endings 23 5 The deferential speech level and the polite speech level 29 6 The subject case particle 㧊VṖGi/ka 39 7 The special particle 㦖 Un/⓪ nUn 47 8 Pronouns 55 9 Numbers, ordinals, and plural marker ✺ tUl 65 10 Counters, question word ⳝ myOt, and some time expressions 73 11 The copula 㧊┺V㞚┞┺Gand the verb of existence and location 㧞┺V㠜┺ 81 12 Case particles 1 㦚 Ul/⯒ lUl and O㦒P⪲ (U)ro 89 13 Case particles 2 㦮 Ui, 㠦 e, 㢖 wa/ὒ kwa, O㧊P⧧ irang, and 䞮ἶ hago 99 14 Case particles 3 㠦㍲ esO, 㠦Ợ ege, 䞲䎢 hant’e, ℮ kke, 㠦Ợ㍲ egesO, and 䞲䎢㍲ hant’esO 109 15 Special particles 1 ☚ to and Ⱒ man 117 16 Special particles 2 㧊⋮ ina, 䎆 put’O, and ₢㰖 kkaji 125 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d v v 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM vi Contents 17 Past tense and double past tense marker 133 18 Negation 141 19 Irregular verbs 151 20 Expressing desire -ἶG㕌┺ -ko sip’ta and progressive form -ἶG㧞┺ -ko itta 161 21 The endings -O㦒Pඥ Ệ㡞㣪 -(U)l kOyeyo and -O㦒Pඥ₢㣪f -(U)l kkayo? 169 22 Prenouns 177 23 Adverbs and adverbials 183 24 The endings -O㦒Pඥ⧮㣪 -(U)l laeyo and -O㦒PඥỢ㣪 -(U)lgeyo 191 25 The suffixes -Ỷ -ket and -O㦒P㔲 -(U)si 199 Key to exercises 207 Index 245 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d vi vi 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM PREFACE Korean-as-a-foreign-language (KFL) teaching and learning in the English- speaking world has hardly been popular among non-Koreans until quite recently. However, the number of KFL learners has started to grow rapidly since the latter half of the 1970s for various reasons, such as the increas- ing visibility of South Korea on the international stage because of its fast economic development and its democratization over the last four decades, the continuing support from the Korean government regarding the expan- sion of the Korean Studies program abroad, the growing importance of the North Korean issues in contemporary global-political affairs, and the recent growth of the Korean-American population in the USA. In the USA alone, the number of colleges that offer KFL courses was merely ten in 1975. However, that number has grown to over 130 in the early 2000s. A few universities, including the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of California at Los Angeles, have offered Korean language BA, MA, and PhD programs. The number of Korean commu- nity schools (for K-12 Korean and culture education) grew from seven in 1975 to 832 in 1996, and to over 900 in the early 2000s. In addition, over 20 public high schools have recently started to teach Korean. The Korean language boom is not confined within the US private sector or university settings but is found in the government sector as well. For example, US government institutes such as the Defense Language Institute, the Foreign Service Institute, and the Central Intelligence Agency provide intensive Korean language training. In recent decades the number of KFL textbooks for English-speaking KFL classroom use has steadily increased. However, the number of KFL study materials intended for a self-study purpose is still relatively scarce. Furthermore, to date there has been no published KFL grammar workbook that specifically aims at providing supplemental grammar explanations and exercises in a single volume. Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook and its sister volume, Intermediate Korean, are intended to meet that need. The book focuses on providing an accessible reference grammar explanation and related exercises 99780415774871_A01.indd780415774871_A 01.ind d vii vii 77/4/2008/4/2008 11:43:04:43:04 PPMM viii Preface in a single volume. It is designed for independent English-speaking adult KFL learners who intend to maintain and strengthen their knowledge of essential Korean grammar and for classroom-based learners who are look- ing for supplemental grammar explanations and practices. Consequently, this book differs from existing KFL materials whose primary purpose is to help KFL learners acquire four language skills, such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as cultural knowledge. The layout of this book also differs from those of existing KFL mater- ials. For instance, a typical KFL textbook chapter may include model dialogues, followed by vocabulary lists, grammar explanations, cultural notes, and exercises. In contrast, following the pattern of other Grammar Workbooks of the Routledge series, every unit of Basic Korean focuses on presenting jargon-free and concise grammar explanations, followed by relevant grammar exercises. This book has 25 units, and it does not take a functional-situational approach in grouping and/or sequencing target grammatical points. Rather it sequences and covers grammatical points according to their grammatical categories (e.g., nouns, pronouns, particles, numbers, verbs, adjectives, and so on), so that learners can use the book for reference material as well as for practice material. The exercises at the end of each unit are designed primarily to reinforce the target grammatical points. All Korean entries are presented in Hangul (the Korean alphabet) with English translations to facilitate understanding. Accordingly, it requires that learners familiarize themselves with Hangul in Unit 1, before going on to the rest of the book. In addition, when translating Korean entries into English, efforts were made to reflect the Korean meaning as closely as possible. Consequently, some learners may feel certain English transla- tions do not reflect typical English usages. However, the direct translation approach was employed for pedagogical purposes. In writing this book, I have been fortunate to have the assistance and support of many people. I would like to thank my colleagues in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York, who were supportive of this project. I am grateful to anonymous reviewers for their constructive and valuable comments. I would like to express sincere gratitude to Sophie Oliver for initially encouraging this project and to the editorial and production teams at Routledge, Andrea Hartill, Ursula Mallows, Samantha Vale Noya, and Andrew Watts for their advice and support throughout the process. My thanks also go to Lisa Blackwell for her careful and thoughtful copy-editing. Finally, as always, my special thanks go to my wife, Isabel, who, with her optimism and encouragement, makes it possible for me to do what I really love to do.