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Can, May, Must
Six endings that reach past right now — built from two rules you already have
You can say what is happening and what happened. Half of what people say every day is neither: what they are going to do, what they can do, what they are allowed to do, what they have to do, and what they suggest doing together. Seven daily lessons for those six endings — and the point of the week is that they are not six new systems. Five of them are the final-consonant rule from the letters course, and the other two are the bright-vowel rule from the particles course, arriving somewhere new. Each lesson ends with a conversation you could have the same afternoon.
- Lessons
- 7
- Days
- 7
- Minutes
- 116
- Quiz items
- 49
- To pass
- 80%
Curriculum
Each lesson opens when the one before it is passed at 80%.
Week 1 · Endings that reach past now
- 1Talking about what has not happened yet-(으)ㄹ 거예요 — and the one rule that runs through this whole weekSay what you are going to do, choosing 을 or ㄹ by the final consonant.
- What you can and cannot do-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요 / 없어요 — and the difference from 못Say what you are able to do, and pick between 못 and -(으)ㄹ 수 없어요.
- Asking whether it is allowed-아/어도 돼요? and -(으)면 안 돼요 — permission and the sign on the wallAsk permission politely and understand a refusal or a prohibition.
- What you have to do-아/어야 돼요 — obligation, and the sentence that saves your daySay what has to happen, and use it to leave a situation politely.
- Asking someone else to do it-(으)세요 and -지 마세요 — the form you have been hearing since day oneAsk someone to do something politely, and tell them not to.
- Shall we, and I will-(으)ㄹ까요? · -(으)ㄹ게요 — suggesting something and taking it onSuggest doing something together, and promise to do something yourself.
- Planning a day out of six endingsEverything from this week in one conversationChoose the right ending for the job, in a conversation that uses all six.
Languages this course is written in
The lessons are explained in one language. Where a translation exists your screen uses it; where it does not, you see the original rather than a blank.