The Sentence Skeleton · Lesson 6 of 6

Your First Real Sentences

Everything clicks together — build full Korean sentences piece by piece, then use them in a restaurant scene.

12 min

Six lessons ago, Korean sentences were a mystery shape. Now you own the skeleton: order, topic, role tags, “is”, and “there is”. Time to build — every sentence here is assembled only from things you've learned.

Build with me

저는as for me미국에서from the U.S.왔어요came

I'm from the U.S. — your Course 2 introduction, now transparent: topic + place + verb-last.

오늘은as for today친구가friend (subject)와요comes

Today a friend is coming. — topic, spotlight subject, verb last.

물water좀softener주세요please give

Some water, please. — 좀 (“a little”) makes any 주세요 request extra warm. Koreans use it constantly.

Graduation: a full restaurant scene

You walk into a Korean restaurant. Build each line yourself, out loud, then check:

1 · The staff asks 몇 명이에요? (“how many people?”). You're two. Answer with a Course 2 counter.Show answer

두 명이에요. — native number + people counter + 이에요. Three courses in one sentence.

2 · Point at the menu and ask if it's bibimbap.Show answer

이거 비빔밥이에요? — pointing word + rising intonation.

3 · Order one bibimbap and soften it.Show answer

비빔밥 하나 주세요. — or extra warm: 비빔밥 좀 주세요.

4 · Ask where the bathroom is.Show answer

화장실이 어디에 있어요?

5 · The meal was great. Thank them and leave with the right goodbye (they stay).Show answer

감사합니다! 안녕히 계세요. — and if you want the native flourish: 잘 먹었습니다 (“I ate well”).

You build sentences now

That's the sentence skeleton — order, 은/는, 이/가, 을/를, 이에요, 있어요, and the warm little 좀. From here, every new verb you ever learn just drops into a frame you already own. Ready to use it for real? Course 4 starts with ordering at a café.

Quick check

Did it stick?

Three quick questions — instant answers, no grades, no pressure.

1.What does 좀 add to 물 좀 주세요?

2.The staff asks 몇 명이에요? You're two. You say…

3.In 오늘은 친구가 와요, which word is spotlighted as the doer?

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