Describing Things and People

Week 1 · Endings in front of a noun

1. 1Putting a describing word in front of a noun작은 가방, 좋은 사람 — the ending -(으)ㄴ, and how it differs from 가방이 작아요Put a describing word in front of a noun with -(으)ㄴ, handle 맛있는 and stems ending in ㄹ, and tell this use apart from the same word at the end of a sentence.26 min · 7 items
2. What is happening now, and the one doing it-고 있어요 for an action in progress — and -는 to describe someone by what they doSay what someone is in the middle of doing, and describe a person, place or thing by an action: 지금 먹는 사람, 제가 사는 곳.24 min · 7 items
3. Things that already happened, in front of a noun어제 본 영화, 제가 만든 음식 — and the -(으)ㄴ that looks like Day 1 but is notDescribe a noun by something already done to it or by it, and tell the past action ending apart from the describing-word ending.21 min · 7 items
4. Bonus chapter 1Opens after lesson 3
5. Things that have not happened yet — and "when"내일 할 일, 갈 곳 — the ending -(으)ㄹ, and its most useful job: -(으)ㄹ 때Describe a noun by something still to come with -(으)ㄹ, and say "when …" with -(으)ㄹ 때 and 어렸을 때.22 min · 7 items
6. Turning an action into a noun-는 것, and its short forms 게 · 걸 · 거예요 — and -기 with a few fixed wordsUse an action as a noun with -는 것 (게, 걸, 거예요), and use -기 with 싫다, 쉽다, 어렵다 and 좋다.22 min · 7 items
7. Trying things, and having done them-아/어 보다 (먹어 보세요, 가 봤어요) and -(으)ㄴ 적이 있다 / 없다Suggest that someone try something, say what you have tried, and ask and answer "have you ever …?".20 min · 7 items
8. Bonus chapter 2Opens after lesson 6
9. Guessing, and reading long nouns from the end-(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같아요 — then the whole week in one conversationMake a guess or soften an opinion with 것 같아요, unpack a long noun phrase from the noun backwards, and follow a conversation that uses every ending of the week.24 min · 7 items