Intermediate Korean

This revised second edition of Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook is an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. The text can be used in conjunction with any primary textbook, both as a reference guide to the intermediate Korean grammar and a practice book to reinforce learning.

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Andrew Sangpil Byon is Associate Professor of Korean Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, USA.

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This revised second edition of Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook is an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. The text can be used in conjunction with any primary textbook, both as a reference guide to the intermediate Korean grammar and a practice book to reinforce learning.

This book presents 24 individual grammar points, covering the core material that students would expect to encounter in their second year of learning Korean. Grammar points are followed by examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.

Key features include:

• Clear, accessible format

• Many useful language examples

• All Korean entries presented in Hangul with English translations

• Abundant exercises with full answer key

• Subject index.

Clearly presented and user-friendly, Intermediate Korean provides readers with the essential tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations, making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for students with some knowledge of the language. Intermediate Korean is suitable for both class use as well as independent study.

Inhalt

1.The intimate speech level and the plain speech level 2. Particles , , , , , , 3. Particles , , , / , ( ) , ( ) , , 4. Auxiliary verbs I ~ / , ~ / , ~ / , ~ / , ~ / , ~ / 5. Auxiliary verbs II ~ / , ~ / , ~ / , ~ / , ~ / 6. Auxiliary verbs III ~ / , ~ / , ~ , ~ 7. Clausal connectives (purpose or intention) 8. Clausal connectives (reasons and cause) 9. Clausal connectives (conditions) 10. Clausal connective endings (listing and choice) 11. Clausal connectives (time) 12. Clausal connectives (background) 13. Clausal connectives (contrast) 14. Permission, prohibition, and obligation 15. Passives and causatives 16. The noun-modifying endings 17. Describing the appearance of actions or states 18. Post modifiers I 19. Post modifiers II 20. Ability and possibility 21. Indirect question form ~ /( ) /( ) 22. The retrospective suffix ~ 23. Nominalizing endings 24. Direct and indirect quotation