Learning grammar is one of the most difficult things for Korean language learners. On this blog we will try to help you learn Korean grammar in the quickest and easiest way possible. This blog will be helpful for those who are studying Korean language and want to improve their grammar skills. Today we’ll see how to form sentences with Korean grammar pattern “ Verb + 기 전에 and Noun + 전에 “ with some example sentences. " Verb + 기 전에 " is used when the speaker wants to express something 'before a certain time or action.' Same is the case with Nouns as well but instead of adding 기 전에 we simply use 전에 after the nouns. Let's try to understand this with some example sentences :
Wash thoroughly before eating fruit.
Let’s grab a sandwich before we go.
I was surprised that he was there before time. In the above three examples you can clearly see the usage of 기 전에 with verbs and 전에 with Noun. The rule to conjugate Verb + 기 전에 : In the case 1 : Verb After removing 다 from the main verb, irrespective of whether the verb stem ends with a consonant or verb. Add ~기 전에. Eg :
In case 2 : 하다 Verb After removing 다 from the main verb if the verb stem ends with 하. Add ~기 전에 after the remaining verb stem. Eg :
In case 3 : Noun In case of the nouns you simply have to add 전에 after the noun. Eg :
Example sentences with Verb + 기 전에 : 1. 저녁 먹기 전에 잠깐 가서 좀 씻고 올게요. I’ll just go and freshen up before supper. 2. 아이들에게 저녁 먹기 전에 초콜릿을 너무 많이 먹이지 말아요. Don’t stuff the kids with chocolate before their dinner. 3. 밥 먹기 전에 뭐 했어? What did you do before having food ? 4. 가기 전에 데이터를 재확인해 주시겠어요? Can you recheck the data before you go? 5. 잠자러 가기 전에 물을 많이 마시고나서 일어나면 기분이 나아질 것입니다. Taking in lots of water before you go to sleep will help you wake up feeling better. 6. 공부하기 전에, 그는 방을 깔끔히 치우기로 결정했습니다. Before studying, he decided to tidy it up. 7. 공부하기 전에 휴식 하는게 좋다고 합니다. It is recommended to take a break before studying. 8. 운동 하기 전에 몸을 스트레칭으로 풀어주고요. Stretch your body before exercising. Example sentences with Noun + 전에 : 1. 퇴사하기 한 달 전에 미리 통지를 해야 한다. You must give one month's notice before leaving the company. 2. 우린 2시간 전에 공항에 도착해야 해. We have to get to the airport two hours before. 3. 1시간 전에 모두 챙겼다고. I was all packed an hour ago. 4. 아니오, 1시간 전에 집에 갔어요. No, he went home an hour ago. 5. 정제 두 알을 식사 전에 물과 함께 복용하라. Take two tablets with water before meals. 6. 그 나라는 10년 전에 독립을 했다. The country gained independence 10 years ago. 7. 보아는 10년 전에 한국에서 데뷔했다. BoA debuted in Korea 10 years ago. Related Korean grammar posts : Verb + (으)면서 Verb + 았/었으면 좋겠다 Verb + (으)면 Noun + 동안 and Verb + ~는 동안 Verb + (으)려고 + Verb To understand TOPIK Test structure, application process, Levels and Passing scores etc. check these pages:
If you are going to take the TOPIK Test for the first time, or if you want to give your score a boost so that you can pass a higher level, we would strongly advise you to get the Complete Guide to TOPIK – Self-Study Package. It is a digital study package that has everything you need to get a great score in the TOPIK test – all the past TOPIK papers with answer sheets, grammar and vocabulary study material, video tutorials explaining the test structure, strategies to solve them and much more. You can check out more details about this study package HERE. Learning Korean can be tricky, especially when the goal of your learning is conversation. If you’ve ever attempted to speak Korean but were unable to, then hopefully you’ll find this post helpful. Thank you for reading. If you have any questions or suggestions. Comment down below. In this lesson we’ll look at a way to say “before” in Korean, with the added bonus of being able to make slightly more complicated sentences by using two clauses! The word 전 on it’s own means “ago” when used in conjunction with a time descriptor. For example “3주 전” means “3 weeks ago”. Because this references a period of time, the time particle -에 is needed. (Click here to check out the lesson regarding -에 and other sentence particles.) In this way, we can make sentences referencing events and actions that have already occurred, and specify exactly when these events/actions occurred. 3주 전에 남동생하고 영화를 봤어요. 5달 전에 한국에
갔어요. 10분 전에 저녁을 먹었어요. Now when 전 is used with a verb, the meaning is “before” instead of “ago”. When you want to use 전 with a verb, you must first change the verb to a noun. This is where -기 comes in. Adding -기 to a verb changes it into a noun–there are some specific nuances here that we’ll cover in a later lesson–but for now just now if you see -기 used in a grammatical principle,
it’s generally being used to change the verb it’s attached to into a noun. -기 전에 is used to express an action that is done/occurs before the following action. -기 전에 is used with verbs and attached directly to the verb stem with no distinction in spelling. 가다: 가 → 가기 전에 학교에 가기 전에 제가 아침을 먹어요. 만화를 읽기 전에 숙제를 했어요. Pretty much any verb clause can be added before -기 전에, as all this grammar point does is lend it the meaning “before (such and such) happened”. Let’s look at a few more examples. 한국에 오기 전에 한국어를 배웠어요. 영화를 보기 전에 친구하고 커피를 마실 거예요. 사과를 먹기 전에 손을 씻어요. Easy right? :) Note: the tense of the sentence is only reflected in the secondary clause, not with the verb attached to -기 전에. 자기 전에 숙제를 해요. That’s all for this lesson, see you next time! |
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