Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook, Second Edition, is an accessible reference grammar and workbook in one volume. The text can be used in conjunction with any primary textbook, both as a practice book to reinforce learning and as a reference guide to the basics of Korean grammar.
This book presents twenty-six individual grammar points, 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. This new edition has been updated and enhanced to include more varied exercises and contemporary vocabulary and dialogues.
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.
1 Hangul (the Korean alphabet) 2 Characteristics of the Korean language
3 Nouns 4 Predicates and endings 5 The formal speech level and the polite
speech level 6 The subject case particle / 7 The special particle / 8
Pronouns 9 Numbers, ordinals, and plural marker 10 Counters, the question
word , and some time expressions 11 The copula / and the verb of
existence and location / 12 Case particles I: / and () 13 Case
particles II: , , /, (), and 14 Case particles III: , , , ,
, and 15 Special particles I : and 16 Special particle II: (),
, and 17 Past tense and double past tense marker 18 Negation 19
Irregular predicates 20 Expressing desire ~ , continuous actions ~ ,
and continuous states ~/ 21 The endings: ~() and ~()? 22
Prenouns 23 Adverbs and adverbials 24 The endings: ~()and ~() 25 The
suffixes: ~ and () 26 Sentence-final endings: ~, ~, ~, ~
Andrew Sangpil Byon is Associate Professor of Korean Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, USA.
