📘 Intermediate Day 3: Verb Ending Variations – -네요, -군요 Welcome back to Day 3 of your Intermediate Korean learning journey! ✨ In this lesson, we're going to learn two expressive sentence endings that add emotional reaction, surprise, and discovery to your Korean: -네요 – realization, admiration, or new discovery -군요 / -는군요 – confirmation, reaction to new information These endings are commonly heard in spoken Korean, especially when reacting naturally in conversations. 📘 What Are -네요 and -군요 Used For? These endings allow speakers to add their own personal reaction to something new they just observed, heard, tasted, or realized. They are especially useful in casual, semi-formal, and even polite contexts! 📘 1. -네요 (Expressing Realization, Surprise, Admiration) -네요 is added to a verb or adjective stem when the speaker is surprised or impressed, or realizes something new at the moment. Examples: 이 케이크 정말 맛있 네요 . i ke-i-keu jeong-mal ma-sit-ne-yo...

📘 How to Use ~네요 – Expressing Surprise or Realization in Korean Have you ever wanted to say “Oh, it’s really big!”, “Wow, it’s delicious!”, or “I see!” in Korean? In Korean, the expression ~네요 is a polite and natural way to express surprise, realization, admiration, or new discovery . In this post, you’ll learn how to use ~네요 properly with verbs, adjectives, and the different emotions it conveys in real-life Korean conversation! 😲 What Does ~네요 Mean? ~네요 is used when you learn or feel something in the moment, often with emotion or surprise. Wow, it’s hot! → 덥네요! I see, you’re a teacher → 선생님이시네요! This food is really good! → 이 음식 맛있네요! It’s often translated as: "Oh!", "Wow!", "I see", "Indeed", "So..." 🧠 Conjugation Rules Verb or adjective stem + 네요 Use with both action and descriptive verbs Works in present or past tense Examples: 크다 → 크네요 – It’s big 좋다 → 좋네요 – It’s nice 비가 오다 → ...