LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #1
What Should We Watch in Korea?

CONTENTS
2 Korean Hangul
2 Romanization
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar

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 KOREAN HANGUL

1. 영진: 무슨 영화 볼까?

2. 은주: 흠... 액션 영화 볼까?

3. 영진: 에이... 서스펜스 영화 볼까?

4. 은주: 아니... 만화 영화는?

5. 영진: 로맨틱 코미디 볼까?

6. 은주: 또?!

ROMANIZATION

1. YEOUNGJIN: museun yeonghwa bolkka?

2. EUNJU: heum... aeksyeon yeonghwa bolkka?

3. YEONGJIN: ei...seoseupenseu yeonghwa bolkka?

4. EUNJU: ani... manhwa yeonghwaneun?

5. YEONGJIN: romaentik komedi bolkka?

6. EUNJU: tto?!

ENGLISH

1. YEOUNGJIN: What kind of movie should we watch?

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2. EUNJU: Hmm... Should we watch an action movie?

3. YEOUNGJIN: Hmm... Should we watch a suspense movie?

4. EUNJU: No... Should we watch an animation movie?

5. YEOUNGJIN: Should we watch a romantic comedy?

6. EUNJU: Again?!

VOCABULARY

Hangul R omanization English C lass

영화 yeonghwa movie noun

액션 aeksyeon action noun

서스펜스 seoseupenseu suspense noun

만화 manhwa animation, cartoon noun

로맨틱 코미디 romentik komidi romantic comedy noun

to see, to look at, to

보다 boda watch verb

또 tto again adverb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

우린 고등학생때 이후로 좋은 영화를 본 적 오늘 새로 개봉한 영화 보러 가자.

이 없다. oneul saero gaebonghan yeonghwa boreo gaja.
urin godeunghaksaengttae ihuro joeun
yeonghwareul bon jeogi eopda. "Let's go watch the movie that was
released today."
"We haven't watched a good movie since
high school."

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저는 액션 영화 위주로 봐요. 저는 서스펜스 소설을 좋아합니다.
jeo-neun aeksyeon yeonghwa wiju-ro bwayo. jeoneun seoseupenseu soseoleul johahamnida.

"I mostly watch action films." "I like suspense novels."

만화책은 너무 재밌어. 제 여자친구는 로맨틱 코미디를 싫어합니

Manhwachaegeun neomu jaemisseo. 다.
je yeojachingu-neun romentik komidi-reul
"Comic books are really fun." silheohamnida.

"My girlfriend doesn't like romantic

comedies."

저것 봐! 관광객이 일몰을 보았다.

jeogeot bwa! Gwangwanggaegi ilmoreul boatta.

"Look at that!" "The tourists watched the sunset."

영화 봐요? 너를 또 만나고 싶어.

yeonghwa bwayo? neoreul tto mannago sipeo.

"Are you watching a movie?" "I want to meet you again."

고맙습니다. 또 올게요.
Gomapsseumnida. tto olkkeyo.

"Thank you. I will come again."

GRAMMAR

The Focus of This Lesson Is -ㄹ(을)까.

액션 영화 볼까?
"Should we watch an action movie?"

We use the volitional form to express intention on the part of the speaker or to invite someone
to do something in informal situations. Specifically, the speaker uses this form when asking
someone whether he or she would like to do something with the speaker or with a group that
includes the speaker. In English, we can translate this as "shall we...?" or "should we...?" In
addition to inviting someone to do something, we also use it to ask for one's opinion, view, or

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appraisal about a certain fact. This form is a sentence ender.

Formation

-ㄹ/을까요? - (-l/eulkkayo) - standard politeness level

-ㄹ/을까? - (-l/eulkka) - intimate politeness level

I. We use -ㄹ까요? (-lkkayo?) with verbs that end in vowels.

For Example:

1. 보다 (boda) "to see," "to watch"

보 - verb stem
보 + ㄹ까요? (bo + lkkayo)
볼까요? (bolkkayo?) "Shall we watch?" (standard politeness level)
볼까? (bolkka?) "Shall we watch?" (intimate politeness level)

II. We use -을까요? (-eulkkayo?) with verbs that end in consonants.

For Example:

1. 재미있다 (jaemiitda) "to be fun" or "to be interesting"

재미있 (jaemiit) - verb stem
재미있 + -을까요 (jaemiit) + (-eulkkayo?)
재미있을까요? (jaemiisseulkkayo?) "Will it be fun?"/"What do you think?" (standard
politeness level)
재미있을까? (jaemiisseulkka?) "Will it be fun?"/"What do you think?" (intimate
politeness level)

볼까?

In this lesson, we use -ㄹ(을)까 (l/eulkka) in the form of 볼까? (bolkka?). This uses the above
grammar formation with the verb 보다 (boda), meaning "to see" or "to watch." Combined with
that construction, we translate the phrase 볼까 (bolkka) as "should we see?" or "shall we see?"

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