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Level 1 Lesson 24 / Why? How? / 왜? 어떻게?

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안녕하세요 여러분! In this lesson, we are going to have a look at the interrogatives “why” “how” and also how to say things like “how much” “how fast” “how quickly” and so on. You can also review how to say “what” “who” and “where” in this lesson. Be sure to try making your own sample expressions and share them with us in the comment box! And if you have any other questions, please feel free to ask! Thank you! 감사합니다.


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  1. Stella says: November 25, 2011

    Hi, I was wondering why some words like 떻 in 어떻게 have ‘ㅎ’ at the end but we don’t pronounce them ?

    Thank you ! :)

    • jinseokjin says: November 25, 2011

      At the end of a word or before a consonant, all Korean consonants are pronounced without releasing air and as a result, the sound changes.
      When the last consonant “ㅎ” is followed by “ㄱ”, the pronouciation of the last consonant is disappeared and the “ㄱ” sound becomes like ” ㅋ”

  2. Kelsey says: December 1, 2011

    If you wanted to ask “Why didn’t you come today/yesterday/etc?” Would you put the “today” “yesterday” “tomorrow” at the beginning of the sentence like this: 오늘/왜안왔어요? and is a subject/topic marking particle needed in a sentence like this or in a sentence like 어제왜전화했어요?

  3. Misha says: December 3, 2011

    Funny lesson, it is really a pleasure to learn with you and it motivates a lot to learn with you :) thank you so much for your efforts!

  4. Sena Karataş says: December 13, 2011

    We really begin to make sentences. ^^

  5. ayda says: December 19, 2011

    Humm,how do you say..
    ‘How fast can you come?’
    If I say it like this 얼마나 빨리 와수 있어요?
    Is that right?

    • ayda says: December 20, 2011

      or, do you say it like
      얼마나 빨리 올수 있어요?

    • jinseokjin says: December 28, 2011

      Hi Ayda,

      You can say “얼마나 빨리 올 수 있어요?”.

      Thanks for your comment.

  6. Judelyn Gallardo says: December 24, 2011

    You are really so funny Hyunwoo ssi & Kyung eun ssi :))
    ..i will try my very best to learn hangul ..because i want to meet you up very soon if we have a time .. ^^
    ..i hope so ..kAmsahamnida!

  7. Taylor says: December 25, 2011

    How would I say, “Why are you so mean to me?” or “Why do you keep teasing me?”

    • jinseokjin says: January 4, 2012

      Why are you so mean to me? > 저한테 왜 그렇게 나쁘게 굴어요?

      Why do you keep teasing me? > 왜 저한테 계속 장난을 치세요?

  8. Melissa Rondon says: December 28, 2011

    So 얼마 is for money and 얼마나 for everything else…?

  9. Philipp Hanekamp says: January 4, 2012

    Hi!
    There must be something wrong, everytime i try to play the mp3 it says “File not found”.
    Same applies to downloading the mp3 and pdf files, since they just won’t load.
    Can you fix that please? :)

  10. sis_cute says: January 15, 2012

    오늘은,왜 엄마 요리안해요? (Why mom is not cooking today?)
    어떻게 그카페가 가요? (How to go to that café?)
    이 케익이얼마예요? (How much is this cake?)
    얼마나 자수 실은 청수해요? (How often do you clean your room?)

    please correct me :)

    감사합니다.

    • jinseokjin says: January 16, 2012

      오늘은,왜 엄마 요리안해요? > 오늘은 왜 엄마가 요리 안 해요? or 오늘은 왜 어머니께서 요리 안 하세요?

      어떻게 그카페가 가요? > 어떻게 그 카페에 가요?

      이 케익이얼마예요? > 이 케익이 얼마예요? (spacing)

      얼마나 자수 실은 청수해요?> 방은 얼마나 자주 청소해요?

    • sis_cute says: January 17, 2012

      너무 감사합니다 성생님. seems like i have much trouble with marker..i shoud practice more.. ^^;

  11. Arantza De Castro says: February 2, 2012

    안녕하세요!!

    Thank you for this great lesson, like always! 감사합니다!

    석진씨 감사합니다 for your video about the confusing pronounciation, it was very funny and useful ;)

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