How to say Try to in Korean?
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Verb + 아 / 어 / 여 보다
The Korean grammar pattern -아 / -어 / -여 보다 is used to indicate an action of "trying" or "attempting" something. It is attached to verbs.
See Past Tense lesson to learn when you should use -아, -어, and -여.
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스키를 타 봤어요?
Korean
스키
타다
보다
English
ski
to ride
to see, to look
Have you ever skied? (Have you ever tried to ski?)
스키를 타+아 보+았+어요?
저도 그 노래를 불러 봤어요.
Korean
저
그
노래
부르다
English
I
that
song
to sing, to call
I sang that song too. (I also tried to sing that song.)
저도 그 노래를 부르+어 보+았+어요.
우리가 이번에 지하철을 타 봅시다.
Korean
우리
이번
지하철
타다
English
we
this time
subway
to ride
Let's take the subway this time.(Let's try to take subway this time.)
우리가 이번에 지하철을 타+아 보+ㅂ시다.
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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 ).