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I'm Katie. I like meeting new people and talking about interesting topics. I have way too many hobbies and enjoy photography, exercising, and web development. I'm curious about students who want to learn English so that I can be a better teacher.
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    Hmm, if I'm answering a question, like "Are they there?" I'll probably answer "No, they aren't." If I'm just saying a sentence, like I called on the phone and no one answered, I would say "They're not there." But, yes, I think both are very common and acceptable.
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    July 27, 2013
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    Hi! Today I started painting my new room. 오늘 새로운 나의 방을 페인트하기 시작했어요 (출발 is usually used for people leaving to go somewhere) Dad can have my old room. 아빠는 내가 쓴 방을 쓸 수 있어요 (늙은 means old in age) My hand is tired because I only have a small brush. 작은 젖만 있으니까 나의 손이 피곤해요. (usually the reason will come before the outcome in Korean) I think the color turned out nice! 색깔이 잘 된 것 같아요! (You can use -ㄴ 것 같아 to express thoughts) Now I am going to eat spicy ramen and study more korean! 이제 양념을 넣은 라면을 먹을 거예요. 그리고 한국어 공부할 거예요! (you can write these as two sentences or write them as one as 이제 양념을 넣은 라면 먹고 한국어 공부할 거예요!) (and you can say "매운 라면" for spicy ramen) i hope this helps! good luck!
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    July 27, 2013
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  • Answered
    Grammatically, littlething is right. But, you may hear people use it like that "시간을 가지는 것이다." I usually translate these kinds of sentences as "It's that....blah blah blah" in my head, and then think of a more natural way of saying it in English. That usually means just getting rid of the "It's that"... so that's why you see it translated like it is above. For the second one, it seems like it's answering a question or replying to another sentence, and in that case you have to know the question before knowing how to translate it. Good luck!
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    July 27, 2013
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    it is an adjective (specifically a 형용사 in korean) and is 상큼하다 before it is conjugated. it's not slang.
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    July 27, 2013
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    Hello!! Some people in Korea have told me that they sound different, but some people have also told me that they sound the same. To me, they sound the same, but you are right about how the vowels were formed. (I've been told that in the past, they were made to be different.) Besides sound, in writing, you have to be really careful with when to use them. For most nouns, you do have to memorize which words use which, but after studying for some time, you may notice some patterns to help you remember. Also, there are some word forms that are related, and you will notice that there can be a relation between 아 and 애. For example, You may learn, if you want to say: He said he's a student. -> 학생이라고 했어 or 학생이래. Here, you see a relation between 라고 and 래. It might help to study Chinese characters as they are used in Korean, as well. Many Korean words come from a combination of Chinese characters, and then it may be easy to memorize which are ㅐ and which areㅔ by remembering the meaning of the character. For example, one meaning of 재 is connected with "repeat" or "again," i.e. 재활용 하다 in "recycle." one meaning of 제 is "manufacture," i.e. 제품 in "product" or "manufactured good." I hope that helps!!
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    July 27, 2013
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    for most situations, there isn't a good literal translation for this phrase. do you mean as an answer to "let's go get ice cream!"? then you can say 좋아~ or do you mean as an answer to like "can children learn to surf?", then you can use the expressions lohems said.
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    July 25, 2013
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    You can use them both. They mean the same thing. As Beaver said, 게 is 것이 shortened. Usually, if you are writing something formal you would use 것이 instead of 게, but for most informal writing or even slightly formal writing, in my experience, it doesn't matter.
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    July 24, 2013
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    sorry "It's okay if I speak casually/comfortably too, right?" and to clarify, usually this means, "It's okay if I use 반말(the informal form) too, right?"
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    July 24, 2013
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    literally: "It's okay if I speak casually/comfortably, right?" probably the person is talking about speaking in the informal form 반말 (이야 endings).
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    July 24, 2013
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  • Corrected

    일들이 온다!

    요즘은 나는 좀 바쁜데 왜냐하면 팀장님한테서 일들이 받는다! 약간 쉬운 일인데 가끔 늦게 집에 간다~ ㅠㅠ 내 일의 계획표는 오후 2시부터 새벽 12시까지다. 나는 팀장님한테이 참 귀찮는다귀찮다~ 왜냐하면 새벽12시에는 일을 나한테 준다! 아이고! 그래서 나는 새벽1시반까지 일하는다 일한다! 부담수럽다 정말! ~ ㅠㅠ

     

    i only corrected grammar ^^

    and, you can use 높인말 when you talk about your 팀장 (like "주신다"), but in my opinion, you don't have to ㅋㅋ because he's so bad ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ i hope that now he's nicer to you!!

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    July 24, 2013
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