How to say If in Korean?
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Verb, Adjective + 면 / 으면
면 - if a word ends in a vowel or ㄹ, 으면 - if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ)
In Korean, grammar construction -면 / -으면 is used to indicate a conditional relationship between two sentences. Simply speaking, -면 / -으면 is used to describe what will happen if a certain condition is met. It is translated as "if" or "when" depending on the context. (e.g. Come, if you have time.)
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제가 많이 피곤하면 수업에 집중을 못해요.
Korean
저
많이
피곤하다
수업
집중
못하다
못 하다 *
English
I
a lot
be tired
lesson
concentration
cannot
bad at
If I'm really tired, I can't concentrate on the class.
저+가 많이 피곤하면 수업에 집중을 못 하+여요.
내일 시간이 있으시면 우리 집에 오세요.
Korean
내일
시간
있다
우리
집
오다
English
tomorrow
time
to have, to stay
we, our
home
to come
If you have time tomorrow, please come to my house.
내일 시간이 있+으시+면 우리 집에 오세요.
너무 멀면 안 가겠어요.
Korean
너무
멀다
안
가다
English
too much
far
not
to go
I won't go if it's too far.
너무 멀면 안 가+겠+어요.
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Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).