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Honorifics, Conditionals & Complex Grammar

Speech levels, honorific system, conditionals and complex sentences
해요체 / 합쇼체 — polite levels
haeyo-che / hapsyo-che speech levels
haeyo-che / hapsyo-che
해요체 = everyday polite; 합쇼체 = formal polite
반말 — informal speech
banmal — informal speech
banmal
Used with close friends, younger people
으시/시 — honorific marker
eusi/si — honorific verb marker
-si-
선생님이 오세요 = teacher is coming (hon.)
께서 — honorific subject particle
kkeseo — honorific subject particle
kkeseo
선생님께서 오세요 = (the teacher) is coming
으면/면 — if/when conditional
eumyeon/myeon — if/when
-myeon
비가 오면 안 가요 = if it rains, I won't go
아/어도 — even if
a/eodo — even if
-do
비가 와도 가요 = even if it rains, I'll go
아/어야 하다 — must
a/eoya hada — must/have to
-ya hada
가야 해요 = have to go
ㄹ/을 수 있다 — can
l/eul su itda — can/be able to
-l su itda
먹을 수 있어요 = can eat
ㄴ/는 것 같다 — seems like
n/neun geot gatda — seems like
-geot gatda
비가 올 것 같아요 = looks like it will rain
고 싶다 — want to
go sipda — want to
-go sipda
먹고 싶어요 = want to eat