How to use Korean Grammar V + 기도 하다

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Verb + 기도 하다

The Korean grammar structure -기도 하다 is used to express that some action used to take (in the past) or takes place (in the present) from time to time. -기도 하다 can be translated as "there are times", "sometimes".

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저는 가끔 그림을 그리기도 해요.

Korean

가끔

그림

그리다

English

I

sometimes

picture

to draw

I sometimes draw pictures.

가끔 그림 그리기도 하+여요.

저는 옛날에 싸우기도 했어요.

Korean

옛날

싸우다

하다

English

I

the old times

to fight

to do

I used to fight back in the past.

옛날 싸우기도 하++어요.

우리가 주말에는 수영장에 가기도 합니다.

Korean

우리

주말

수영장

가다

English

we

weekend

swimming pool

to go

Sometimes (from time to time) we go to the swimming pool on weekends.

우리 주말+ 수영장기도 하+ㅂ니다.

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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 ).