Korean for English speakers School · Lesson 0

Do you have time today?

Talk about availability in Korean — 오늘 시간 있어요? (Do you have time today?) — using 있다 and 없다.

Conversation

  1. Rose Rose

    린도 씨, 오늘 시간이 있어요?

    Rindo ssi, oneul sigani isseoyo?

    Mr. Lindo, are you free today?

    Tip: <오늘> = today <시간> = time <N이/가 있어요> = verb "to have" (in present tense) [Note] Subject particle -이/가 is chosen according to the syllable before. If it finishes by a final consonant (ㄴ of 시간), we use -이. If by a vowel, we use -가

  2. Lindo Lindo

    없어요. 일이 많아요.

    Eopseoyo. Iri manayo.

    No. I have a lot of work.

    Tip: <없어요> = verb "not to have" (in present tense) <일> = work <N이/가 많아요> = verb "to have a lot of N"

  3. Rose Rose

    내일도요?

    Naeildoyo?

    Tomorrow, as well?

    Tip: <N도> = suffix used after a noun to express "too/also"

  4. Lindo Lindo

    미안해요. 내일도 일이 많아요.

    Mianhaeyo. Naeildo iri manayo.

    Sorry. I have a lot of work tomorrow too.

    Tip: <미안해요> = formal way to say "I'm sorry"

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What's the difference between 있어요 and 없어요?

있어요 = 'have / exist'. 없어요 = 'don't have / don't exist'. Direct opposites. 시간 있어요 / 시간 없어요.

What is 많아요?

'Many / a lot of'. 일이 많아요 = 'I have a lot of work'. 많다 → 많아요 (polite).

Common Korean schedule vocabulary?

약속 (appointment/promise), 시간 (time), 일정 (schedule), 회의 (meeting), 휴가 (vacation).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Korean lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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