Similar to this is 시작하다 (to begin;to start) Again an active verb, that can be performed only by lifeforms. "The conference began." = "회의가 시작되었다." = "The conference got started" "회의가 시작했다" is COMPLETELY WRONG 4. It means "one day" You used to live in Canada for many days, and what you want to talk about is what happened on one of them, NOT on a daily basis. On a very cold day during my stay in Canada...... 5. The sentence is faulty. I can only guess what it means. 가엾다: to be poor, to be pitiable 여위다: to waste away; to get emaciated Those above have nothing in common. That they all sound somewhat similar and probably fit to this sentence is purely coincidential. 길에서 여위고 가여운 고양이를 발견했습니다. I found a emaciated, poor kitten on the street.

1. 사진을 찍을 수 없습니다. = You cannot take photograph. (다른 것은 할 수 있지만)사진을 찍을 수는 없습니다. = You cannot take photograph although you can do any other things. 2. N+(이)라서: because it is a N 올리다 means "raise, lift, put up, post" 제가 제일 좋아하는게 하늘이라서, 인스타그람에 올린 사진은 다 하늘사진입니다. Because the thing which I like best is sky, all the photos which I posted on Instagram are pictures of sky. 3. 생각했었지만 Although I have thought that 생각되지만 Although it seems to be 생각되지만 is more passive and modest than 생각했었지만 or 생각했지만 일본어를 말할 줄 알아서 한국어가 조금 쉽다고 생각되지만.. Although Korean seems to be a little easy because I can speak Japanese, 일본어를 말할 줄 알아서 한국어가 조금 쉽다고 생각했었지만.. Although I have thought that Korean is a little easy because I can speak Japanese, 4. 어느 means "a certain, one" "제가 캐나다에 살던 어느 아주 추운 겨울날..." One very cold winter day when I used to live in Canada... 제가 캐나다에 살던 있는 아주 추운 겨울날..(X) 제가 캐나다에 살고 있던 아주 추운 겨울날.. A very cold winter day when I used to be living in Canada... 5. 여위다=야위다 means "become lean[thin], grow[become] gaunt" 가엽다=가엾다 means "be poor, pitiful, pathetic" 길에서 여위고 가여운 고양이를 발견했습니다 I/He/She found a lean and poor cat at the street.

1. 은/는 isn't just a subject marker, but far more often, it serves the role of "contrast marker" while setting a topic which is extremely important to the context. This is a very tricky one though since this concept doesn't exist in western languages. 은/는 is indicative for a counterpart/antithesis. 카메라를 입구에 보관하실 필요는 없지만 사진을 찍을 수는 없습니다. There is no need (we don't urge you) to check your camera at the entrance, but you are not allowed to take photos. As you can see, in this sentence, there are two clear counterparts/antithesis: 필요(need) vs 수(permission) This kind of contrast grants a kind of "contextual accentuation". And you can consider yourself quite proficient if you start to get a feeling about it. If you don't see clear counterpart like: 이 박물관에서 사진을 찍을 수는 없습니다. You are not allowed to take photos in this museum. It implies that taking photos is pretty much the only thing that's not allowed, and this museum has a generally very tolerable/liberal policy otherwise. (we won't b*tch about every single step of yours, please please just don't take any photos.) 2. 올리다 = to lift; to upload; 이라서 = because; since (a conjunction conjugation) All the uploaded images are shots of the sky since it's the sky I like the most. 3. ~되다 is something similar to the causative verb "get" 생각하다 behaves very differently compared to "to think" Even though it isn't exactly wrong, Koreans don't use it in order to express an opinion. 생각하다 is a very "active" verb in Korean. It's limited to "to think" where people actually use the brain to solve problems. 생각되다 makes the verb more "passive". A literal translation would result in "to get thought" which makes no sense but I hope you get a feeling about it. I would translate this part to "to be considered" Even though Korean can be considered a little bit easier since I'm capable of speaking Japanese..........