TOPIK I · Level 1

TOPIK 1 grammar

59 grammar points2 written so far

Every point on this level, in the order most textbooks introduce them. Titles turn into links as each entry is written.

  • 이/가subject marker
  • 은/는topic marker
  • 을/를object marker
  • at, to (place/time)
  • 에서from, at (where action happens)
  • 에게 / 한테to (a person)
  • 에게서 / 한테서from (a person)
  • 와/과, 하고, (이)랑and, with
  • also, too
  • only
  • 부터from (starting point)
  • 까지until, as far as
  • (으)로by, toward, using
  • possessive marker
  • 보다more than
  • 처럼 / 같이like, as
  • (이)나or; as many as
  • 마다every, each
  • 께서subject marker (honorific)
  • to (honorific)
  • -아요/어요polite present
  • -ㅂ니다/습니다formal polite present
  • -았/었-past tense
  • -겠-will, I guess
  • -(으)ㄹ 거예요will, be going to
  • not (short negation)
  • cannot (short negation)
  • -지 않다do not, is not
  • -지 못하다cannot, be unable to
  • -고and (listing actions)
  • -지만but, although
  • -아서/어서because; and then
  • -(으)니까because, since
  • -(으)면if, when
  • -(으)러in order to (with go/come)
  • -(으)려고intending to
  • -고 싶다want to
  • -고 싶어 하다(someone else) wants to
  • -고 있다be doing (progressive)
  • -(으)세요please do (polite request)
  • -지 마세요please do not
  • -(으)ㅂ시다let us
  • -(으)ㄹ까요?shall we? I wonder
  • -(으)ㄹ게요I will (promise)
  • -(으)ㄹ래요?would you like to?
  • -아/어 주세요please do it for me
  • -(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다can, cannot
  • -아/어도 되다may, be allowed to
  • -(으)면 안 되다must not
  • -아/어야 되다/하다must, have to
  • -기 전에before doing
  • -(으)ㄴ 후에after doing
  • -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ + 명사noun-modifying forms
  • -네요expressing realization
  • -지요?right? isn’t it?
  • -군요I see, so that is how it is
  • -기nominalizing ending
  • -는 것the act of doing
  • -(이)라고 하다be called, be named

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