TOPIK Grammar Patterns
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Patterns
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Categories
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Languages
Particles
6 patternsTopic Marker (์/๋) vs Subject Marker (์ด/๊ฐ)
Particles that mark the topic or subject of a sentence
Location Particle ์ vs ์์
Particles indicating location or place
Object Marker ์/๋ฅผ
Particle marking the direct object of a verb
Particle ๋ (also, too, even)
Indicates addition or inclusion
Particle ๋ง (only, just)
Indicates exclusivity or limitation
From/To ๋ถํฐ/๊น์ง
Indicates starting and ending points
Connectors
6 patternsConnector -๊ณ (and, then)
Connects two clauses or actions (and/then)
Contrast Connector -์ง๋ง (but, however)
Connects two contrasting clauses
Reason/Sequence -์์/์ด์ (because, so, and then)
Expresses reason, cause, or sequential actions
Conditional -(์ผ)๋ฉด (if, when)
Expresses a condition or hypothetical situation
Because of ๋๋ฌธ์/๊ธฐ ๋๋ฌธ์
Expresses reason or cause
Background/Contrast -๋๋ฐ/(์ผ)ใด๋ฐ
Provides background information or soft contrast
Expressions
5 patternsCan/Cannot -(์ผ)ใน ์ ์๋ค/์๋ค
Expresses ability or possibility
Want to -๊ณ ์ถ๋ค
Expresses desire to do something
Must/Have to -์/์ด์ผ ํ๋ค
Expresses obligation or necessity
Go/Come to do -(์ผ)๋ฌ ๊ฐ๋ค/์ค๋ค
Expresses purpose of going or coming
Nominalizer -๋ ๊ฒ (the act of, ~ing)
Turns verbs into noun phrases
Tenses
2 patternsModifiers
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