• INGREDIENTS – 단어 Vocabulary
  • Entertainment/Cultural Activities
• RECIPE – 문법과 표현 Grammar
  • A/V–(으)ㄴ/는지 알다/모르다
  • V–아/어 주다
  • A/V–거나
• LET’S COOK! – 해 봐요! Classroom Tasks
  • Interpretive Task 1: A conversation about a get-together
  • Interpretive & Interpersonal Task 2: A message from a club president
  • Interpersonal & Presentational Task 3: Meet and talk with our guest speaker!
• KOREAN FLAVORS – 한국어와 한국 문화 Korean Language and Culture
  • Noun markers (particle) 1
  • Popular cultural activities in Korea
• I GOT THIS! – 할 수 있어요! Async. Practices and Tasks
  • Integrated Performance Task Link
  • WB Link

What types of cultural events do you like to watch or take part in? And how would you ask someone about their preferred genre in Korean?

What seems to be happening in the following dialogue?

Direct questions vs. Indirect questions

Questions asked directly of the listener, like “How are you?” or “When does the movie start?,” are called direct questions. There are occasions, however, when it is useful to phrase a question indirectly. You might do this either to soften the bluntness of the question, or maybe because you are more thinking to yourself rather than asking someone a question. Or you could be being a little cynical. Questions asked this way are called indirect questions, or embedded questions because they are wrapped inside a bigger sentence that is not a question:

Question words + A/V–(으)ㄴ/는지 알다/모르다 know/not know what/when/where/why/how/if

Embedded questions often accompany knowledge-related verbs such as 알다, 모르다, 궁금하다 “curious,” 이해 (못) 하다 “to (not) understand,” and 물어보다 “to ask.” You do not need to shuffle the order of words in embedded questions in Korean; instead, the connector –지 is used. Simple! This connector conjugates exactly like –(으)ㄴ데/는데. For verbs (and the verb 있다), use the form –는지; for adjectives (and the verb 이다), use –(으)ㄴ지. For past and completed events, use –았/었는지, and for future and guessing purposes, use –(으)ㄹ지.

Here is a summary of embedded question connector forms:

Here are some examples:

When the question has no specific wh– word and if the question can be answered with a yes or no, you use the “connector” if or whether in English:

In Korean, you do NOT need any question word. You just need the –(으)ㄴ지/–는지 connector:

Past tense: A/V–았/었는지 알다/모르다

For the past tense, or completed events, add –었는지:

Conjugation

Let’s practice conjugation with this connector! Note that the present–tense forms are conjugated in the same way as the present–tense noun–modifiers, but for the past tense forms, verbs and adjectives are conjugated into the –았/었는지 ending.

<답> 잡았는지, 배우는지, 만드는지, 돕는지, 도왔는지, 부르는지, 불렀는지, 들었는지, 치는지, 쳤는지, 많았는지, 큰지, 단지, 달았는지, 가벼운지, 가벼웠는지, 빨랐는지, 취미인지, 시간인지, 시간이었는지

주다 and 드리다 give

드리다 is a humble expression of 주다 and is used when the subject is giving something to someone older or with a higher social rank:

A/V–아/어 주다/드리다 do something for

Most of the time, when something is done for a beneficiary, a helping verb construction involving 주다 or 드리다 is used, because the doer is doing the favor of “giving” that action:

아/어 주셔서 감사하다/고맙다 thank you for

The following expressions are frequently used in everyday conversations.

Conjugation

This is an –아/어 type conjugation. Simply add the helping verb 주다 or 드리다 to the –아/어 form of the main verb with the meaning.

<답> 보내 주다, 구워 주다, 알려 주다, 만들어 주다, 들어 주다, 가르쳐 주다

Noun(이)나 or

We learned that –(이)나means “or” and connects nouns:

A/V–거나 either… or…

–거나 means the same “or,” but it conjoins verbs or adjectives:

A/V–고 vs. A/V–거나

–고 is a shortened version of 그리고, and it conjoins two sentences. Whereas it indicates the subject performs both actions, in sentences connected with –거나, the subject entertains options.

주말에 친구들하고 만나서 코미디 쇼를 보고 같이 저녁도 먹었어요.
I met my friends on the weekend, and we watched a comedy show. We also ate dinner together.

주말에는 친구들하고 만나서 같이 코미디 쇼를 보거나 저녁을 먹어요.
On the weekends, I meet my friends and watch a comedy show or eat dinner together.

Create a role play with your partner using the key grammar expressions and new vocabulary from this lesson. Include 5 to 6 meaningful rounds of dialogue. Take turns and feel free to add details to make the conversation lively.

• Context: Two friends are having a phone conversation to plan a get-together centered around cultural events. Discuss various options available for cultural activities and decide on which event to attend. Offer assistance in purchasing tickets or making reservations for the chosen event.
• Participants: Two friends who have not been together for a while
• Key Expressions: –(으)ㄴ/는지 알다/모르다, –아/어 주다, –거나
• Sample dialogue:

Dabin’s friend, Hoyoung, is visiting her this weekend. Listen to the conversation and answer the following questions.

1. What type of movie does each person like to watch and why?

2. After all, which movie are they going to watch, and at what time?

Helpful Vocabulary

주인공: main character

A Message from a Club President

Your hobby club president sent out an email containing important messages to the members regarding the upcoming club event. Read the message and reply accordingly.

Helpful Vocabulary

의견 opinion

추천하다 to recommend

회비 club due

Meet and Talk with Our Guest Speaker!

You are invited to the Korean Community School as a guest speaker. Your interview host will prompt questions that were collected from the audience students in advance.

Role Play:

• Interviewer: Select 5–6 questions for your guest speaker.
• Guest speaker

Switch the role and conduct an interview.

(e.g. 질문 1: 시간이 있을 때 보통 뭐 하시는지 말씀해 주세요., 질문 2: 왜 그 취미 활동을 좋아하시는지 말씀해 주세요. etc.)