KOREAN

35

Lesson 35: It seems to be/might be (~ㄹ 것 같다)

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Introduction

To seem like/to be likely to: ~ㄹ 것 같다

그렇다 + ~ㄹ 것 같다

Vocabulary

Nouns:

수영장 = swimming pool

보건 = preservation of health

소나무 = pine tree

바닥 = floor

답장 = answer a letter/text/etc...

변태 = pervert

홍수= flood

새우 = shrimp

왕따 = outcast

낚시 = fishing

후배 = one's junior

봉사 = public service

꿀 = honey

허벅지 = inner thigh

말 = horse

휴가 = holiday/vacation

휴식 = break (from walking or whatever)

중개인 = intermediary

공인 = somebody licensed to do something

Verbs:

넘치다 = overflow

피하다 = avoid

펴다 = to unfold/unroll

따돌리다 = leave somebody out

Passive Verbs:

펴지다 = unrolled (passive of 펴다)

Adjectives:

당연하다 = proper/right/fair

답답하다 = stuffy

평화롭다 = peaceful

신기하다 = marvelous/wonderful

멋있다 = stylish

Adverbs and Other Words:

오히려 = on the contrary

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Introduction

Over the past 10 lessons, you have been learning a lot about how to use ~는 것 and things related to ~는 것 in Korean. We have just about reached the extent to what you need to know about ~는 것 and how to use it. In this lesson (as well as inLesson 36), you will learn a variety of grammatical forms that can be used to say "to seem like" or "to look like." After this lesson, we won't be focusing so much on ~는 것 anymore - instead, we will be looking into a word that will take a series of lessons to explain - "because".

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To seem like/to be likely to: ~ㄹ 것 같다

In Lesson 15, you learned how to use '같다' in sentences by placing 같다 after a noun connected with ~와/과 or ~랑/이랑. For example:

저 식당은 이 식당과 같아요 = That restaurant is the same as this one

Since then, you have been learning a lot about ~는 것 and how to use it. Here, you will learn about how to use this ~는 것 principle with the word 같다.