Learn how to use the sentence pattern "I was... when... "
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Dana: Hi everyone, I'm Dana. |
| Jaehwi: And I'm Jaehwi. |
| Dana: And welcome to Must-Know Korean Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 49. Talking About an Interrupted Action. |
| Dana: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for talking about an interrupted action. |
| PATTERN |
| Dana: For example, "I was sleeping when she arrived." |
| Jaehwi: 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| [slow] 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: The pattern for talking about an interrupted action has four elements. First, the pronoun plus subject marking particle... |
| Jaehwi: 가(ga). |
| Jaehwi: Together, this is 그녀가 (geunyeoga). |
| Dana: Second, the verb in past tense, plus |
| Jaehwi: 을 때 (eul ttae) |
| Dana: To indicate "when the action happened". |
| Jaehwi: In this case, 도착했을때 (dochakhaesseulttae). |
| Dana: Third, the verb stem “to sleep.” |
| Jaehwi: 자(ja). |
| Dana: And last, the present progressive for “was doing.” |
| Jaehwi: 고 있었어요 (go isseosseoyo). |
| Dana: Altogether, we have... "I was sleeping when she arrived." |
| Jaehwi: 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| [slow] 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| [normal] 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: The phrase... |
| Jaehwi: ㄹ 때 ~고 있었다 (...l ttae... go isseotda) or 을 때 ~고 있었다 (...eul ttae... go isseotda) |
| Dana: ...is used to describe an interrupted action. The past tense of the verb, by combining verb stem with… |
| Jaehwi: 았 (at) or 었 (eot). |
| Dana: Then we have… |
| Jaehwi: 을때(eul ttae) |
| Dana: … attached to a verb to describe the action that interrupts the ongoing action. |
| Dana: To describe the action that was taking place before the interruption took place, use the sentence structure: verb stem plus... |
| Jaehwi: 고 있었다 (go isseotda) |
| Dana: ...at the end of the sentence. |
| Jaehwi: 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: So remember, use the grammatical structure… |
| Jaehwi: ㄹ때 ~고 있었다 (l ttae ~go isseotda) or 을때 ~고 있었다 (eul ttae ~go isseotda) |
| Dana: ...to describe an interrupted action. |
| Dana: Here is another example meaning, "I was watching TV when the delivery came." First, noun plus subject-marking particle… |
| Jaehwi: 가(ga). |
| Jaehwi: Which is 택배가 (taegbaega). |
| Dana: Second, the verb in past tense, "when the action happened". |
| Jaehwi: The verb stem plus 았 (at) or 었 (eot) plus 을 때(eul ttae). |
| Jaehwi: In this case, 왔을때 (wasseulttae). |
| Dana: Third, the verb stem for “to watch TV.” |
| Jaehwi: 텔레비전을 보(tellebijeoneul bo). |
| Dana: And last, the sentence ending meaning “was doing.” |
| Jaehwi: 고 있었어요 (go isseosseoyo). |
| Dana: Altogether, we have... |
| Jaehwi: 택배가 왔을때 텔레비전을 보고 있었어요. (taegbaega wasseulttae tellebijeoneul bogo isseosseoyo.) |
| [slow] 택배가 왔을때 텔레비전을 보고 있었어요. (taegbaega wasseulttae tellebijeoneul bogo isseosseoyo.) |
| [normal] 택배가 왔을때 텔레비전을 보고 있었어요. (taegbaega wasseulttae tellebijeoneul bogo isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: "I was watching TV when the delivery came." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 택배가 왔을때 텔레비전을 보고 있었어요. (taegbaega wasseulttae tellebijeoneul bogo isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: How do you say, "I was studying when my friend called me."? To give you a hint, "called" is... |
| Jaehwi: 불렀다 (buleotta). [slow] 불렀다 (buleotta). [normal] 불렀다 (buleotta). |
| Dana: "I was studying when my friend called me." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 친구가 불렀을때 공부하고 있었어요. (chinguga beulleoseulttae gongbuhago isseosseoyo) |
| [slow] 친구가 불렀을때 공부하고 있었어요. (chinguga beulleoseulttae gongbuhago isseosseoyo) |
| [normal] 친구가 불렀을때 공부하고 있었어요. (chinguga beulleoseulttae gongbuhago isseosseoyo) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 친구가 불렀을때 공부하고 있었어요. (chinguga beulleoseulttae gongbuhago isseosseoyo) |
| REVIEW |
| Dana: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will tell you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Korean. Here we go. |
| Dana: "I was sleeping when she arrived." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: "I was watching TV when the delivery came." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 택배가 왔을때 텔레비전을 보고 있었어요. (taegbaega wasseulttae tellebijeoneul bogo isseosseoyo.) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 택배가 왔을때 텔레비전을 보고 있었어요. (taegbaega wasseulttae tellebijeoneul bogo isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: "I was studying when my friend called me." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 친구가 불렀을때 공부하고 있었어요. (chinguga beulleoseulttae gongbuhago isseosseoyo) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 친구가 불렀을때 공부하고 있었어요. (chinguga beulleoseulttae gongbuhago isseosseoyo) |
Outro |
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| Dana: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for talking about an interrupted action, as in... |
| Jaehwi: 그녀가 도착했을때 자고 있었어요. (geunyeoga dochakhaesseulttae jago isseosseoyo.) |
| Dana: ...meaning "I was sleeping when she arrived." |
| Dana: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out at KoreanClass101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Jaehwi: 그럼 다음 시간에 만나요! (Geureom daeum sigane mannayo!). |
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