Beginner3> Quiz2

빨리 전화하세요 and 빨리 전화해요 are more like a command than a favor. “Call soon” rather than “Please call soon.”

이거 해줬어요? = Have you done this (as a favor to someone else?)

빌리다: to borrow

빌려주다 : to let someone borrow (to lend)

빌려보다: to try borrowing

Verb-아/어보다 + ㄴ적이 있다 = to have the experience of doing verb

서울에 살아본적이 있다 = to have the experience of living in Seoul

보여주세요 = Please show me.

보이세요 - this one is usually used as a question “보이세요?” to mean “Can you see it?”

보세요 -  Look.

보여요 - I can see.

Verb-아/어보이다 : to look adjective
깨끗하다 + 아/어 보이다 = 깨끗해보이다

adj-아/어 보이다 = to look adj

건강해보이다 = to look healthy
작아보이다 = to look small, short

Verbs cannot be combined with adj-아/어 보이다.

도와보셔서 감사합니다 (X)
도와주셔서 감사합니다 (O)

눈을 감아보세요 1) Try closing your eyes 2) A softer way to say “Close your eyes.”

할머니께 길을 알려드렸어요. I told grandma the way. [알려주다(to inform, teach, tell)’s honorific: 알려드리다]

Verb-지 말다 + 아/어주세요 = Verb-지 말아주세요 (Please don’t verb.)

만들다(*irregular) + ㄴ/은 = 만든

만든 적이 없다 (O) = 만들어 본 적이 없다 (O) - they practically have the same meaning : I have never made~
만들은 적이 없다(X)

듣다(to hear) + 아/어주다 = 들어주다(to do a favor of listening)
들리다(to be heard) + 아/어주다 = 들려주다 (to let someone hear, to tell, to play[music], to sing[for someone] etc)

제가 제작한 음악을 친구들에게 들려줬어요. I played the music that I produced to my friends.

When saying “I have seen/watched” something, you can use “보다” verb. When 보다 verb is combined with -아/어봤다 (=봐봤다), it sounds quite unnatural. Instead, you can use -ㄴ/은 적이 있다(=본 적이 있다)

한국 음식을 한 번도 안 먹어봤어요. = I have never tried Korean food before. (한 번도 + negative verb means “not even once” and it emphasizes you’ve never tried it.)

그 가수를 한 번 실제로 만나보고 싶어요. - I want to meet that singer in real life. (“한 번” is frequently used with “아/어 보다” expression to add some softness to the verb one’s trying to do.)

저는 그 책을 한 번 밖에 읽어봤어요. (X)
저는 그 책을 한 번 밖에 안 읽어봤어요.(O) - I’ve only read that book once. (noun 밖에 + negative verb = only noun)