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Beginner Lesson S5
It's Easy to Get Caught Up in Learning Korean!

15 Korean Hangul
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
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Grammar Points 4
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Korean Hangul
가이드 여러분, 이 동굴에서는 조심하세요. 길을 잃기 쉬워요.
관광객 정말요?
가이드 네. 길을 잃으면 나오기 어려워요.
관광객 이 동굴에서 죽은 사람도 있어요?
가이드 네. 나오기 어려워요. 그래서 죽은 사람도 많아요.
관광객 무서워요.
가이드 걱정마세요. 저는 자주 와서 길 찾기 쉬워요.
관광객 근데... 너무 어두워서 따라가기 어려워요.
가이드 그래요? 자 손전등이요. 이제 따라오기 쉬워요?
관광객 네. 감사합니다.

Romanization
gaideu yeoreobun, i donggul-eseoneun josimhaseyo. gil-eul ilki swiwoyo.
gwangwanggaek jeongmal-yo?
gaideu ne. gil-eul ireumyeon naogi eoryeowoyo.
gwangwanggaek i donggul-eseo jugeun saram-do isseoyo?
gaideu ne. naogi eoryeowoyo. geuraeseo jugeun saram-do manayo.
gwangwanggaek museowoyo.
2 gaideu geokjeongmaseyo. jeo-neun jaju waseo gil chatgi swiwoyo.
gwangwanggaek geunde... neomu eoduwoseo ttaragagi eoryeowoyo.
gaideu geuraeyo? ja sonjeondeung-iyo. ije ttaraogi swiwoyo?
gwangwanggaek ne. gamsahamnida.

English
Guide Everyone, be careful in this cave. It's easy to get lost.
Tourist Really?
Guide Yeah, if you get lost, it's difficult to get out of here.
Tourist Are there people who died in this cave?
Guide Yeah. It's difficult to get out. So there are people who have died
here.
Tourist I'm scared.

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Guide Don't worry. I come here often, so for me, it's easy to find the
way.
Tourist But...it's too dark, so it's difficult to follow you.
Guide Is it? Here is a flashlight. Is it easy to follow me now?
Tourist Yeah. Thank you.

Vocabulary
Hangul Romanization English
동굴 donggul cave
조심하다 josimhada to be careful, to be cautious
길을 잃다 gil-eul ilta to get lost
쉽다 swipda to be easy
어렵다 eoryeopda to be hard, to be difficult
죽다 jukda to die
무섭다 museopda to be scary, to be scared
자주 jaju frequently, often
찾다 chatda to search for, to look for
어둡다 eodupda to be dark
따라가다 ttaragada to follow
손전등 sonjeondeung flashlight
따라오다 ttara-oda to follow (toward oneself)

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Vocabulary Sample Sentences
동굴에 가 본 적이 있어요? "Have you been to a cave?"
어두우니까 조심하세요. "It's dark, so be careful."
길을 잃어서 늦었어요. "I got lost, so I was late."
한국어는 정말 쉬워요. "Korean is really easy."
이 문제 너무 어려워요. "This problem is too difficult."
꽃이 죽었어요. "The flower died."
나는 세상에서 우리 엄마가 제일 무서워. "My mom is the scariest person in the world to
me."
그 사람 자주 만나요? "Do you meet him often?"
뭐 찾으세요? "What are you looking for?"
방이 너무 어두워. 불 켜자. "The room is too dark. Let's turn on the light."
제 친구들은 다른 선생님을 따라갔어요. "My friends followed another teacher."
손전등에 배터리가 없어요. "There is no battery in the flashlight."

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저를 따라오세요. "Please follow me."

Grammar Points
The Focus of This Lesson Is How to Say "Easy to Do Something" and "Difficult to Do
Something" in Korean.
길을 잃기 쉬워요.
"It's easy to get lost."

When you want to say that something is "easy to do" or "difficult to do" in Korean, you can
use the structures -기 쉽다 (-gi swipda) and -기 어렵다 (-gi eoryeopda). The part -기 (-gi) is
actually a verb ending that changes a verb into a noun. So -기+가 쉽다 (-gi-ga swipda) is like
literally saying "VERB + -ing is easy," and the same goes for -기 어렵다 (-gi eoryeopda). But
over the course of time, Koreans dropped the -가 or -는, and now it's very common to just
say -기 쉽다 and -기 어렵다.

Formation

Verb stem + -기 + 쉽다 ("to be easy to VERB")

For Example:

4 1. 읽기 쉽다
ilgi swipda
"to be easy to read"

Verb stem + -기 + 어렵다 ("to be difficult to read")

For Example:

1. 읽기 어렵다
ilgi eoryeopda
"to be difficult to read"

Examples From This Dialogue

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Korean Romanization "English"

길을 잃기 쉬워요. gil-eul ilki swiwoyo. "It's easy to get
lost."

길을 잃으면 나오기 gil-eul ireumyeon "If you get lost, it's

어려워요. naogi eoryeowoyo. difficult to get out of
here."

길 찾기 쉬워요. gil chatgi swiwoyo.

"It's easy to find the
way."
너무 어두워서 따라가기 neomu eoduwoseo "It's too dark, so it's
어려워요. ttaragagi eoryeowoyo. difficult to follow
you."
이제 따라오기 쉬워요? ije ttaraogi swiwoyo? "Is it easy to follow
me now?"

Sample Sentences

Korean Romanization "English"

제 이름은 기억하기 je ireum-eun "My name is difficult
어려워요. gieok-hagi to remember."
eoryeowoyo.
이건 혼자 하기 igeon honja hagi "This is difficult to
5 어려워요. eoryeowoyo. do by yourself."

한국어는 배우기 hangugeo-neun "Is Korean easy to

쉬워요? bae-ugi swiwoyo? learn?"
이 문제는 풀기 쉬울 i munje-neun pulgi "This question will
거예요. swiul geo-yeyo. be easy to solve."
이 소설은 짧아서 읽기 i soseol-eun jjalbaseo "This novel is short,
쉬워요. ilgi swiwoyo. so it's easy to read."

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