How to use Korean Grammar V/A + 잖아요
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Verb, Adjective + 잖아(요)
The Korean sentence ending -잖아(요) is used to emphasize a point that is widely known. It is also used to indicate that the speaker assumes that the listener already knows what they are talking about.
See examples,
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A: I am looking for a Korean language study partner.
B: Why?
A: 혼자 공부하면 심심하잖아요.
Korean
혼자
공부하다
심심하다
English
alone
to study
to feel bored
Studying alone is boring, (as you know / don't you agree with me?)
혼자 공부하면 심심하잖아+요.
A: Why don't you try kimchi?
B: 매운 것을 못 먹잖아요.
Korean
맵다
것
못
먹다
English
spicy
thing
cannot
to eat
I can't eat spicy food, (didn't you know that?)
맵+은 것을 못 먹잖아+요.
A: Oh, the shop is closed today!
B: 말했잖아요.
Korean
말하다
English
to say, to speak, to tell
I told you so, (but you did not believe me).
말하+였+잖아+요.
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 ).