Preface
How to Use This Book
Essential Vocabulary

Section 1 Tenses
CHAPTER 1 To be N, To not be N
It's N, it's not N
CHAPTER 2 To be A, To do N
It's A/V, it's A/V, it's A/V
CHAPTER 3 Was, Did
It was A/V, it was A/V, it was A/V
CHAPTER 4 Be going to V
A/V(으)ㄹ
CHAPTER 5 Will, Would, Could A/V
I'll do A/V
CHAPTER 6 Be Ving
V is here
CHAPTER 7 To exist/have, To not exist/have
Yes, no

Section 2 Negatives
CHAPTER 8 Not A/V
No A/V
CHAPTER 9 Not A/V
No A/V
CHAPTER 10 Don't V
Don't V

Section 3 The Basic Markers
CHAPTER 11 Subject Markers
N, N
CHAPTER 12 Object Markers
N, N
CHAPTER 13 Contrastive/Topic Marker
N is, N is

Section 4 Conjunctive Particles
CHAPTER 14 N and N, with N
N and N, N and N, N and/and N
CHAPTER 15 N or N (N or something)
N(Lee)na
CHAPTER 16 N too/also, N either, even
N degrees
CHAPTER 17 N's N, N of N
N of N

Section 5 Postpositions
CHAPTER 18 To (Person), For (Person)
To P, to P, to P
CHAPTER 19 In/On/At/To/For N, In/On/From N
To N, from N
CHAPTER 20 I'll take N, by N, to N
N(으)로

Section 6 Adnominal Endings
CHAPTER 21 Adjective+Noun
A(으)ㄴ N
CHAPTER 22 The N(one) that Ved
V(으)ㄴ N
CHAPTER 23 The N(one) that (is) Ving, The N that V
V is N
CHAPTER 24 The N(one) that will V
V(으)ㄹ N

Section 7 Showing Respect
CHAPTER 25 Polite Suffix
V(으)시
CHAPTER 26 Polite Ending Form
V(으)세요, N(이)세요
CHAPTER 27 Vocabulary Modifications
Honorific Vocabulary

Section 8 Irregular Verbs
CHAPTER 28 'ㅂ' Irregular Verbs
CHAPTER 29 'ㄷ' Irregular Verbs
CHAPTER 30 ‘Le’ Irregular Verbs
CHAPTER 31 ‘Ugh’ Irregular Verbs
CHAPTER 32 ‘ㄹ’ omission Irregular Verbs

Appendix
Extension English Translation
Skills Building Answer Key
Basic Verb/Adjective Conjugations

This is a basic Korean grammar book for foreigners who have acquired some basic Korean conversation skills and for Koreans who teach Korean to foreigners. It was co-written by Stephen Revere, the first non-Asian foreigner to receive a master's degree in Korean language education, and Professor Jin Je-hee, an expert in 'Korean language education as a foreign language.'
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