Level 4 — Real Conversations

Korean past tense = verb stem + 았어요 / 었어요 / 했어요
Remove 다 to get the stem, then add the right ending based on the last vowel.

갈 거예요 = "I'm going to go" — informing someone of your plan
갈게요 = "I'll go" — promising or offering in response to the situation

Think of it this way: 거예요 is a plan, 게요 is a promise.

Simply place 안 or 못 directly before the verb:
저는 + 고기를 + 안 + 먹어요
오늘 + 못 + 가요

Exception: 하다 verbs → 안 해요 / 못 해요 (or sometimes 공부 안 해요)

Korean question words go where the answer would be in the sentence.
뭐 먹어요? → 밥 먹어요.  ·  어디 가요? → 학교 가요.  ·  언제 와요? → 내일 와요.
No need to rearrange the sentence — just swap the question word in!

주세요 (ju-se-yo) means "please give me" and is used for almost every request.
Just say what you want + 주세요. It works everywhere: cafés, restaurants, shops, taxis.

When counting things, people, or actions (not phone numbers or dates), Korean uses native Korean numbers (하나, 둘, 셋…) — and the first four change shape before a counter word:
하나→한, 둘→두, 셋→세, 넷→네  (5 and up stay the same: 다섯, 여섯…)

시 (hour) uses native numbers, but 분 (minute) uses Sino-Korean numbers:
한 시 삼십 분 (1:30 — 한 is native, 삼십 is Sino-Korean)

When in doubt, default to 해요체 (이에요/해요/주세요 style — what this whole course teaches). It's polite and safe with everyone: strangers, coworkers, people older than you, service staff.

Don't switch to 반말 just because someone seems friendly or close in age. Speech level depends on several things together — age, social position, how close you are, the situation, and especially mutual agreement. Wait until the other person explicitly says "반말 해도 돼요" (it's okay to speak casually) before dropping 요.