In my most recent Sunday live classroom I taught the form ~기만 하다, as well as ~기만 하면, which means “only” and is used with verbs. This form can be used with both action verbs and descriptive verbs. Also make sure to get the outline and worksheet for this live stream, and all of my live streams, on my Patreon page.

~건대 is not the same as ~건데. ~건대 is an advanced level grammar form that’s used after verb stems when the speaker is going to confess or tell something – specifically what the speaker thinks, or wants, or their opinion on something. Find out when and where it’s used, and how to use it from my most recent live stream on my YouTube channel.

I started learning Korean almost 20 years ago in 2005, and a lot has changed. In addition to culture changes, the language itself has also grown. I met up with 한국어 한 조각 and we discussed how Korean has changed over the past several decades.

There are actually TWO separate ~거든 forms. The most common (and the one you should definitely know first) is ~거든(요), which is used when explaining. The second is ~거든 (without 요), which is an advanced level form used to mean “if.” I taught both forms in my most recent live stream, and also how ~거든 is different from ~(으)면.