How to use Korean Grammar V/A + 거나
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Verb, Adjective + 거나
The Korean grammar pattern -거나 is used to say "or". It can be attached verb or adjective stems as well as some sentence endings.
See examples,
저는 심심할 때 외국어를 배우거나 영화를 봅니다.
Korean
저
심심하다
외국어
배우다
영화
보다
English
I
boring
foreign language
to learn
movie
to watch
When I'm bored, I learn foreign languages or watch movies.
저는 심심하+ㄹ 때 외국어를 배우거나 영화를 보+ㅂ니다.
이 일을 직접 하거나 친구한테 맡길 게요.
Korean
이
일
직접
하다
친구
맡기다
English
this
task
personally
to do
friend
to assign
I'll do this myself or leave it to a friend.
이 일을 직접 하거나 친구한테 맡기+ㄹ 게요.
식당에서 밥을 먹거나 집에서 요리를 해서 먹을까요?
Korean
식당
밥
먹다
집
요리하다
English
restaurant
food
to eat
home
to cook
Shall we eat at a restaurant or cook at home?
식당에서 밥을 먹거나 집에서 요리를 하+여서 먹을까요?
이 스마트폰은 배터리가 떨어졌거나 고장이 났어요.
Korean
이
스마트폰
배터리
떨어지다
고장 나다
English
this
smartphone
battery
to run out of
to break down
This smartphone has run out of battery or is broken.
이 스마트폰은 배터리가 떨어지+었+거나 고장이 나+았+어요.
Quick reference (click to open)
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 ).