📘 Intermediate Day 7: Making Assumptions – ~나 봐요 / ~(으)ㄴ가 봐요 Welcome to Day 7 of the Intermediate Korean Series! 🎓 In today’s lesson, you’ll learn how to express assumptions or guesses in Korean using two common expressions: ~나 봐요 and ~(으)ㄴ가 봐요 . These expressions are polite, natural, and often used in conversation when you're unsure or making a guess based on context or what you see. 📘 What You’ll Learn ✔️ How to use ~나 봐요 with action verbs ✔️ How to use ~(으)ㄴ가 봐요 with adjectives, nouns, and past tense ✔️ Real-life example sentences ✔️ Practice quiz to reinforce learning 📘 Part 1: ~나 봐요 (I guess... / It seems...) ~나 봐요 is used after **action verbs** to make a soft guess or assumption. It’s often used when observing something and inferring meaning. Verb stem + ~나 봐요 📌 Examples: 비가 오나 봐요 . bi-ga o-na bwa-yo 👉 I guess it’s raining. 늦었 나 봐요 . neu-jeot-na bwa-yo 👉 I think they’re late. 출발했 나 봐요 . chul-ba...

📘 How to Use ~네요 – Expressing Surprise or Impression in Korean Want to say “Wow, that’s delicious,” “She’s really good at singing,” or “It’s already this late?” in Korean? Then you should learn how to use ~네요 , one of the most natural and expressive ways to share your surprise, realization, or positive impression in Korean! It’s widely used in everyday Korean conversations when reacting to something new, impressive, or unexpected. 📌 What Does ~네요 Mean? ~네요 is used at the end of a sentence to express: ✔️ Surprise or realization ✔️ Impression or admiration ✔️ New discovery or feeling Structure: Verb stem + 네요 It’s polite but slightly informal. Great for daily conversations and expressing emotion! 📘 Example Sentences 이거 정말 맛있네요! – Wow, this is really delicious! i-geo jeong-mal ma-sit-ne-yo 벌써 10시네요 – It’s already 10 o’clock! beol-sseo yeol-si-ne-yo 한국말 잘하시네요 – You speak Korean well! han-guk-mal jal-ha-si-ne-yo 날씨가 따뜻하네요 – The weather is...

📘 How to Use ~ㄹ 수 있다 / 없다 – Expressing Ability and Possibility in Korean Do you want to say “I can cook,” “She can’t drive,” or “We can meet tomorrow” in Korean? The grammar forms ~ㄹ 수 있다 and ~ㄹ 수 없다 are essential expressions in Korean used to talk about ability , possibility , or inability . In this lesson, we’ll break down how to conjugate and use these forms, how they compare to 못, and how to express both can and can’t in various situations—with real examples, tables, and a quiz! 📌 What Does ~ㄹ/을 수 있다 / 없다 Mean? ~ㄹ 수 있다 : can do, able to do ~ㄹ 수 없다 : cannot do, unable to do Structure: Verb stem + ㄹ 수 있다 (after vowel) Verb stem + 을 수 있다 (after consonant) Same for ㄹ/을 수 없다 ✔️ These forms are polite, flexible, and commonly used in both spoken and written Korean. 📘 Example Sentences 저는 한국어를 읽을 수 있어요 – I can read Korean jeo-neun han-guk-eo-reul ilg-eul su it-seo-yo 그녀는 운전할 수 없어요 – She cannot drive geu-nyeo-neun un-jeon-hal su eop-seo-yo 우리는 ...