How to Say "Because" in Korean 

Review Note: explorekorean.net/beginner2-lesson17/ Review Quiz: explorekorean.net/beginner2-quiz8/ This lesson might be a bit difficult to follow, so I tried to include many example sentences so that you can put into practice what we learned right away. Also, ‘ Verb + 서’ expression is used more often (in spoken Korean) than Verb + (이)기 때문에, so please don’t worry too much if you find verb conjugation with 때문에 a bit hard. 때문에 is more used in “Noun + 때문에 (blaming Noun)” expression, which I cover at the very last part of this lesson, so if you understand that one easily, it’s already a good progress :) 파이팅!!! +) I forgot to include that you can also put “왜냐하면” before “-때문이에요” phrase. So when you are answering to the question “왜 벌써 퇴근해요?(Why get off work already?)” you can answer “몸이 안좋기 때문이에요” like we learned but also “왜냐하면 몸이 안좋기 때문이에요” works too. But you can’t say “왜냐하면 몸이 안좋기 때문에 일찍 퇴근해요(x)” because by putting 왜냐하면, you are already making it in a full sentence. 왜냐하면 is pronounced (wae-nya-ha-myun). You can also just say 왜냐면 (wae-nya-myun) without 하. +) there’s also verb+ -(으)니까 expression which means the same as verb+ -서, and we’ll cover that later

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I like how you introduced ~아/어서 as "therefore" first! :) In my classes, I see many students get confused with the sentence structure for reasoning. People tend to switch the order of reason and result since English order is "result + because + reason" whereas in Korean it's "reason + 아/어서 + result". I always tell them to remember the form as "SO"... [reason + so(아/어서) + result]. Knowing where ~아/어서 comes from definitely helps to remember the correct order of the sentence!

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Another helpful video. Thank you! But I'm having a hard time finding videos on all of the others uses for 서. My teacher in class couldn't explain it, maybe lack of time or english, I don't know. But that's why I come to your lessons so often over and over again, to supplement my classroom. I said "책 읽어서 쉬요" to mean "I read and then I rest" because we learned it means "and then" as well as "because." But my teacher said this is wrong. She just said it sounds strange and unrelated without giving an explanation. Then she said try again. So I said "요리해서 쉬요" and she said this was wrong too, without explanation. She then addressed the whole class and said it can only be used with "this verb, this verb, that verb" giving us a list of 7 verbs that we had learned already. That made it even more unclear, until I watched over 2 hours of RU-vid videos. To learn that there are 3 usages and the one she was talking about only uses action verbs, but she didn't say that and our text book doesn't say it. Now I understand a little more, but not at a depth that helps me be able to use it very well in conversations. I understand the usage in this video, and I watched other channels that cover the other usages, but they didn't in the detail that you do, so I still am not 100% sure how to use it. Request : could you make a video of only 서 and its usages?

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빅키선생님 감사합니다! '기 때문에'와 '서' 라고 헷갈려서 이 영상을 도움이 많이 됐어요~.

I just wanna say that you’re so good at teaching 감사합니다 😄 I’ve learnt a lot with your videos 🙌🏻🙌🏻 in future classes are you going to teach how to use transition words ? Like and, so, but ... I’m curious

Thank you Miss Vicky!

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감사합니다 선생님.

Miss Vicky I have a request... Can you maybe do a live steam Q&A? Btw awesome video as always

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Thank you!

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Hello miss Vicky, please try making a video on korean handwriting as my handwriting is pretty much similar to yours but I think you might be using it so that we may understand it properly and it might be considered childish in practical usage.,, Thanks for the lesson btw♥️

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We're also waiting for videos of you preparing for the Korean proficiency exam. Thanks

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I'm glad you made this video. Thank you so much! But may I ask one question? In a Present stem + 서 example (let me tell you one of the example in advance : Because I studied hard), why does 'study' take a first place over the 'hard' when the normal sentences pattern placing the adverb in front of the verb? I will be very grateful if you feel like to answer :)

Hello, Vicky-ssi! I've been following your lessons during the past few months and I thank you greatly for all the effort behind this channel. I have a question, at 5:48 I would have expected the answer to be 열심히 공부해서요. Is that incorrect? I'm trying to understand why in this case 공부하다 verb was divided in two.

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Can you make a video explaining colors? Or connecting sentence particles like: 하지만,그리고 etc. 주세요 선생님.

hi miss vicky i would like to know, what strategy's your doing studying languages, like in vocabularies, what vocabs should i study first, then when should i start making a sentences, whats your secret

안녕하세요, 저는 최근에 한국어를 배우고 시작했어요. 빅키샘의 영상을 저를 많이 도와주는있어요. 진심으로 감사합니다. (Sorry for any mistakes I'm still a beginner haha)

My answers to first one quiz: 1. 재미있어요 2. 재미있어서요/재미있어서 배워요 3. 재미있기 때문이에요/재미있기 때문에 배워요. ❤️ paused at 22:26...

I Love you Videos so much❤️❤️🇰🇷

Great video ! As always it immediately made me thinks of this bts’s lyrics « 여자 때문에 (누구 때문에?) 호르몬 때문에 (누구 때문에?) 남자기 때문에 (남자기 때문에?) 여자 때문에 »haha 27:57

Can you make a Video how to learn vocab or do like a Live Stream or something?

hi miss vicky im a new subscriber and i want to learn more about korean languange thanks for helping us. I want to know if this is right "Because i want to go to korea" Mine is 한국에 가고 싶기 때문이에요 or 한국에 가고 싶기 때문에 배워요. thank you in advance if you will reply.

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21+ tenses in turkish language... Anatolian Turkish.verb conjugations A= To (toward)(~for) (for the thick voiced words) E= To (toward)(~for) (for the subtle voiced words) Okul=School U=it= it's-(that) Git=Go ...(verb root) Mak/Mek...(emek)=exertion (process) Git-mek=(verb)= to Go ( it's originally get-mek =to get there now on ) Gel-mek= to Come Yap-mak= to Do Bak-mak= to Look Gör-mek= to See 1 .present continuous tense (now or then, right now or later, nowadays or soon) it's used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times) Yor-mak =to tire (~ to try - to deal with) (for the subtle and thick voiced words) A/e....Yormak= to try(deal) only mentally.. I/i/u/ü....Yormak=to try (deal) both physical and mental about.. is used as "--Yor" positive.. examples.. Okula gidiyorsun ( you are going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-sen ( School-to go-to-try it's-you) (You're try-to-Go to school) Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-men ( Home-at-then try-to-come I-am) (from home I try to come) negative... Ma= Not 2.Değil= it's not (equally) 3.(Ermez=emas)= doesn't arrive (doesn't become) examples.. A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you are not going to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-i-yor-u--sen (School-to go-not-to try it's-you) -(You're try-to-not-Go to school) B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you are not going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try(ing)-to-Go to school) Question sentence: Ma-u ?=Not-it =(is) Not it? is used as....Mı-Mi-Mu-Mü Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Ma-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? ( To-school it's-Not You-try-to-go ?) Okula gidiyor muyuz? ( Do We go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u-(men)-iz ? ( To-school Try-to-Go Are-not-we ?) Okula gidiyor musunuz? (Do You go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u-sen-iz ? ( To-school Try-to-Go Are-not-you ?)-plural Evde misin? (Are you at home) = Ev-de Ma-u-sen = Home-at Not-it-you (it's-not-you At-home ?) 2 .present simple tense (everytime, always or never , anytime or at all, often,rarely or sometimes, now or later, soon, if possible) it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic positive.. (Bar-mak) Var-mak =~ to arrive (at) ...(to attain).....(for the thick voiced words) Er-mek=~ to get (at) ...(to reach).....(for the subtle voiced words) examples.. Okula gidersin ( you go to the school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen (You get-to-Go to school) Arabaya Biner (s/he gets in the car) =Araba-y-a Bin-e-er (s/he gets-to-ride to car).. Hergün erken kalkarım (I get up early everyday)= Her-gün er-u-ka-en kak-a-var-u-men ( I that get-to-direct (myself) up when that early everyday) O gidince çıkarız (We get out when he has gone)= O git-ka-en-çe çık-a-var-u-(men)-iz ( we get to go out as that time which he go) Gece olduğunda uyursun ( You sleep when it's night)= Gece ol-du-ka-u-an-da uyu-y-a-var-sen (You arrive in asleep at that time which it became night) negative... Ma= Not Bas-mak =~to pass over (~ to press onto/into) ...(for the thick voiced words) Ez-mek=~ to crush (~ to press down) ...(for the subtle voiced words) Maz=Ma-bas= (no pass)=(to give up)=(vaz geçer) (in the thick voiced words) Mez=Ma-ez= (no crush)=(do/es-not)=(to skip)=(es geçer) (in the subtle voiced words) example.. Okula gitmezsin ( you don't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-ez-sen (You no-crush--Go to school)=( you skip of going to school) O bunu yapmaz (s/he doesn't do this) = Bunu yap-ma-bas ( s/he no-pass--Do this)=(s/he gives up doing this) Niçün şuna bakmazsınız = why don't you look at that =Ne-u-çün şu-n'a bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-it-reason at that you give up looking 3.simple future tense (soon or later) it's used to explain the events we thought that is going to happen Çak-mak =~ to tack...to fasten ...(for the thick voiced words) Çek-mek=~ to attract , to take, to bring beside, ~to catch (~to keep close it) ...(for the subtle voiced words) Cak =(jock)... (in the thick voiced words) Cek =(jack)... (in the subtle voiced words) example.. Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You attract-to-Go to school) (~Attracts-you -to-Go to school) Ali Okula gidecek ( Ali is going to go to school)= Ali Okul-a Git-e-çek (~Ali catches-to-Go to school) negative... A. Okula gitmeyeceksin ( you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-e-çek-sen (You catch-not-to-Go to school) B. Okula gidecek değilsin (there's not you to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (it's not you tak(ing)-to-Go to school) 4 . simple past tense (currently or before) it's used to explain the completed events which that we're sure about Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek = ~ to deem , ~ to think, ~ to say is used as....(Dı-di-du-dü) example.. Okula gittin ( you went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N Okula gittin mi ? (did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-di-N Ma-u ?( You went to school Not-it ?) Dün İstanbul'da kaldım (I stayed in Istanbul yesterday)= Dün İstanbul-da kal-dı-M negative... Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-di-N Bugün burada kalmadılar (They didnt stay here today) =Bu,gün bu,ir-da kal-ma-dı-ul,dar 5 . mental past tense (which we did not witness)- (just now or before) it's used to explain the completed events which that we're not able sure about Muş-mak = ~ to inform , meaning... I'm informed about - I realized- I'm notice- I got it- I learned so - I heard that...or it seems so (to me) if it's in the question sentence...do you have any inform about...do you know..did you heard...are you aware or does it look like happened such ? is used as....(Mış-miş-muş-müş) example.. Okula gitmişsin ( I heard about) you went to school)= Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I'm informed about) You've been to school) Bir hata yapmışım (I realized I made a mistake) = Bir hata Yap-mış-u-men (Seems that I've made a mistake) negative... A. Okula gitmemişsin (I've been informed about) you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-miş-sen (I've been learned that) You're not gone to school) B. Okula gitmiş değilsin (I heard that) you hadn't gone to school)= Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen (I've been informed about) You haven't been to school) others. 6.Okula varmak üzeresin (You're about to arrive at school) 7.Okula gitmektesin ( You're in (process of) going to school) (~ you have been going to school) 8.Okula gidiyordun( Okula git-e-yor er-di-n) (You were going to school) 9.Okula gidiyormuşsun ( Okula git-e-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that) You are going to school)(2.I learned that you were going to school then) 10.Okula gidecektin ( Okula git-e-çek erdin) (You would go to school after/then)(2.~I had thought you'll go to school)(3.~You had said going to go to school) 11.Okula gidecekmişsin ( Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) ( I heard that) You'd like to go to school then)(2.I learned that you'll go to school) 12.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) (2.~you would go to school bf/then) (3.~You'd like to go to school then) 13.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I remember you went to school) (2.~I've seen you're gone to school) 14.Okula gitmiştin ( Okula git-miş erdin) ( I know that) you had gone to school) (2.~I had seen you went to school) 15.Okula gitmiş oldun( Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school) Bu bir Elma = This is an apple Bu bir Kitap = This is a book Dur-mak=to keep to be present there Durur=that keeps to be present there is used as....(Dır- dir- dur- dür- or Tır- tir-tur-tür) It's usually used on the correspondences and literary language... (formal) Within the official speeches its meaning =(that keeps to be present there) Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durr)= This is an apple ..keeps to be present there Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durr)= This is a book ..keeps to be present there Within the daily talk its meaning =( I think that or I guess that) (informal) Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-dur)= (Think that) this is an apple Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-dur)= (Guess that) this is a book 16.Okula gidiyordursun =( Guess that) You were going to school ) 17.Okula gidiyorsundur =( I think that) then you are going to school ) 18.Okula gidecektirim =(Guess that) I would go to school after-then ) 19.Okula gideceğimdir=( I think that)then I'm going to go to school ) 20.Okula gitmiştirler =(Guess that) then they had gone to school ) 21.Okula gitmişlerdir =( I think that) they have been to school ) ....(informal) 21.Okula gitmişlerdir = They have been to school (officially) ....14..."Okula gitmiştiler" or"Okula gitmişlerdi" = They had gone to school Anlayabiliyor musun= Añı-la-y-a Bil-i-Yor Ma-u-sen ? = Not-it-you Try-about-Know to-Understand =~ Are you able to understand ? Anlayabilir misin= Añı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er Ma-u-sen ? = Not-it-you Get-to-Know to-Understand = Can you understand ? Anlayabilirim= Añı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er-Men = I Get-to-Know-to-Understand = I can understand Anlayamam = Añı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Men = I Not-Take-to-Understand = I can not understand O Anlayamaz = O Añı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Bas = s/He No Pass-Take-to-Understand = s/He can not understand Añ= moment Añı= memory Añıla=get via memory (save to memory)

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한국어 능력 시험을 준비하고 있습니다. 고마워.

Can u pls make a video on when to use three types of wae and two types of ㅐㅔand ㅒㅖand more........pls I'm confused:(

빅키샘선생님 때문에 한국어 잘 배워요 !! 이거는 맞나요?

선생님. I get threw off. 왜 처음에 말했어요 that, we should put 이어서/여서 after a N but at the end of the video you just mentioned 이라/라. Basically which one is correct?!