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행복이란 무엇일까요 — What is happiness? — defining, conceding and saying what you think
행복이란 무엇일까요 — What is happiness? — defining, conceding and saying what you think. Lesson 11 of Level 4A in the Haeyo Korean regular course.
What you will be able to do
- Define a word, an idea or a kind of person in general terms with N(이)란, and ask the big question of a discussion: 친구란 힘들 때 옆에 있어 주는 사람이에요. · 행복이란 무엇일까요?
- Say that something will not change even in the hardest case with -더라도 · 아무리 -더라도: 드라마에 못 나가더라도 연기는 계속할 거예요. · 아무리 바쁘더라도 밥은 꼭 드세요.
- Say what stayed just as it was while something else happened, with -(으)ㄴ 채(로): 노트북을 켠 채로 잠이 들었어요. · 신발을 신은 채로 방에 들어가면 안 돼요.
- Thank people and play yourself down with -(으)ㄹ 따름이다 · -(으)ㄹ 뿐이다, and give your view in a debate with -다고 보다: 와 주셔서 감사할 따름입니다. · 저는 돈보다 시간이 더 중요하다고 봐요.
Grammar in this lesson
- N(이)란 — N is … · what is N? — defining a word or an idea in general terms
- A/V-더라도 · N(이)더라도 — even if … — conceding a point and imagining the hardest case
- V-(으)ㄴ 채(로) — with … still on · just as it was — keeping one state while something else happens
- A/V-(으)ㄹ 따름이다 · -(으)ㄹ 뿐이다 — only … · nothing more than … — modest words for speeches, thanks and replies to praise