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Level 6 Lesson 9 / While you are at it / -(으)ㄴ/는 김에 /

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안녕하세요. Today, we will be giving a lesson on the expression -(으)ㄴ/는 김에. This expression is used to form sentences such as “Since you are already going to do A, do B” or “While doing A, do B, too.” We know that all of our listeners will be able to learn a lot from this lesson, so grab a pen and paper, and let’s get to learning!

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Discussion( leave a comment )

  1. kerri says: August 8, 2011

    ㅋㅋㅋ 좋았어요!!

    레슨만들은김에, 농담또 만들어요! 고마워요!!

  2. Andrew Valois says: August 8, 2011

    TTMIK is AMAZING!
    감사합니다!

  3. Edward says: August 9, 2011

    Great ideas!
    Your tutorials are amazing.

  4. Rose Feuille Rose says: August 9, 2011

    while i’m going to the flower store, i met my friend

    꽃 가게에 가는 김에 내 친구 만났어요.

    • andre says: August 9, 2011

      turquoise , notice the difference between
      는 김에 and 다가

      the clause after 는김에 ususally is a suggestive or imperative statement. “While / since you’re doing X , (why not / how about ) doing YZ ?” or “While / since you’re doing X , please do YZ (for me) “.

      Im pretty sure your sentence would fit better with 다가 , such as

      꽃 가게에 가다가 내진구를 만났어요.

      How about this sentence for 는 김에 …

      꽃 가게에 가는 김에 편의점도 갈까요?
      Since your going to the flower shop (What do you think about) going to the convenience store as well ?

      happy studying :)

  5. wintergreen says: August 9, 2011

    좋은 강의를 잘 들었습니다. 감사합니다. ^^

  6. Samier says: August 9, 2011

    안녕하세용~~

    1. 숙제 한 김에 내 숙제를 할까요?

    감사합니다
    사미르

  7. Icegirl Caddie Ying says: August 10, 2011

    선생님들,수고하셨습니다! 이 좋은 레슨을 만들어주셔서 감사합니다.^___^

  8. Kiminda_92 says: August 10, 2011

    정말 좋아했어요…
    TalkTomeInKorea.com 도와 주셔서 감사합니다

  9. 사프러 + 자흐러 ^^ says: August 10, 2011

    안녕하세요 선생님 ^^

    수고 하세요 !
    would u mind telling me how i can understand the sentence is past form or present ?! i have problem with it :(

    감사합니다 <3

  10. 시혁 says: August 11, 2011

    수고하셨어요^^

  11. Candy Peng says: August 14, 2011

    Can I use this sentence pattern like this?
    “TTMIK에 온 김에, 한국어를 많이 배울 거예요!!!”

  12. kat says: August 16, 2011

    The lessons are getting more and more interesting :) Thank you so much!!!

  13. Hee Lee says: October 30, 2011

    since you’re making tea , do you mind making me some coffee too

    자 만들는 김에 , 전 커피 만들어 주실래요

    since you’ve come home , please cook , come on , you should do it
    집에 온 김에 , 밥을 만들어 주세요 ,이거 해야 되잖아요

  14. jessica says: November 4, 2011

    i just noticed,there is no #8 in level 6…why is it so?

  15. Altynay Mambetova says: March 21, 2012

    서점에 있는 김에 책 하고 공책을 사요.
    이야기를 하는 김에 커피를 마실가요?
    공부하는 김에 이야기하지 마세요.

    Is it right?

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