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It Will Be Okay if You Can Ask for Permission in Korean!

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Korean Hangul
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Grammar Points

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Korean Hangul

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Romanization
mihyeon
jinsu
mihyeon
jinsu
mihyeon
jinsu
mihyeon

jeogi... jinsu ssi. masitneun geo sa jwoseo gomawoyo.

anieyo. mani deuseyo.
geunde... jom... namgyeodo dwaeyo?
ne? a, ne. dangyeonhajyo. jib-e gajyeogado dwaeyo.
a, anieyo. gwaenchanayo.
waeyo? mas-i eopseoyo?
aniyo. je-ga wollae ib-i jjalbayo.

English
Mihyeon
Jinsu
Mihyeon
Jinsu
Mihyeon
Jinsu
Mihyeon

Well...Jinsu. Thanks for buying me this delicious food.

Don't mention it. Help yourself.
But...um...can I leave some of it?
Huh? Oh, yes. Of course. You can take it home with you.
Oh no, it's okay.
Why, it's not delicious?
Not that, I usually have a small appetite.

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Vocabulary
Romanization
masitda

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English
to be delicious

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gomapda
mani deuseyo
namgida
gajyeogada
mas-i eopda
wollae

to be thankful
Help yourself. (polite)
to leave (a comment, food)
to take, to bring along
to be tasteless
usually, originally

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

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"This stew is delicious."

"Thanks for coming."
"We have a lot of it, so please help yourself
and eat a lot."
"Please, help yourself."
"I left some pizza for you."
"You can't take whatever you want."
"This restaurant is really terrible."
"Are you always that quiet?"

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Grammar Points

The Focus of This Lesson is Asking Permission with -(//) .

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"Can I leave some of it?"
When you want to ask for permission from another person or want to know if it is alright/okay
to do or not to do something, you use this expression.
-(//) (-(a/eo/yeo)do doeda)
- (-(a/eo/yeo)do doeda) is a grammatical structure that means "it is okay to...." The
main verb of this structure, (doeda) originally means "to become," but it also means "for
things to work out smoothly" or "to be alright." The verb ending, -(//) (-(a/eo/yeo)do)
expresses the meaning of "even if." So the entire structure literally means "it is okay even
if...."

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Examples
Korean
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Romanization
igeo bwado dwaeyo?

naeil-do wado dwaeyo?

jeo jigeum gado dwaeyo?

"English"
"Can I have a look at
this?"
"Can I come tomorrow,
too?"
"Can I go now?"

Note: We conjugate (doeda) to . It becomes (dwaeyo) in the standard

politeness level, and (dwae) in the intimate politeness level.
In This Dialogue

1. ... ?
jom... namgyeodo dwaeyo?
"Can I leave some food?"
2. .
jib-e gajyeogado dwaeyo.
"You can take it home with you."

The Phrase of The Lesson

The phrase of the lesson is (ib-i jjalpda). (ip) means, "a mouth" and (jjalpda
) means, "to be short." All together, literally means "to have a short mouth." But
more naturally, if you say someone has a "short mouth," it means that the person has a small
appetite or eats a very small amount each time.
Examples

1. .
jeo-neun ib-i jjalbaseo jogeumssik jaju meogeoyo.
"I have a small appetite so I eat small amounts, but often."
2. .

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uri aedeul-i ib-i jjalbaseo geokjeong-ieyo.

"I'm worried that my children usually don't eat much."

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