Level 4 · Unit 4
Judging and generalising
Nine out of ten
This unit is part of the Level 4 Pass — opening soon.
Until then, you can find your level with the level test, or start at the beginning of Level 1.
What you’ll learn
- V/A-기 마련이다 (-게 마련이다)It's bound to be so — a rule of life
- V-는 셈이다 · A-(으)ㄴ 셈이다 · N인 셈이다It comes to … — summing up
- V-는 한 · V-지 않는 한 · 내가 아는 한 · 가능한 한As long as / as far as — a condition that has to keep holding
- V-는 듯하다 · A-(으)ㄴ 듯하다 · V-(으)ㄴ 듯하다 · -(으)ㄹ 듯하다It seems that … — a careful guess from what you see
Sori’s tips in this unit
- -기 마련이다 or -는 법이다? And 누구나 vs 대부분
- -는 셈이다, -(으)ㄹ 셈이다 and 셈 치다
- 듯하다 versus 것 같다 (and 나 보다) — when to choose which
- Which Level 4 hedge? A short guide
The scene opens
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소리쌤, 받아쓰기 시험 결과가 나왔어요. 열 문제 중에 아홉 문제를 맞혔어요!
Sori-ssaem, the dictation test results are out. I got nine questions right out of ten!
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축하해요! 거의 다 맞힌 셈이네요. 어떤 문제를 틀렸어요?
Congratulations! That's practically all of them right. Which question did you get wrong?
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‘값’을 ‘갑’이라고 썼어요. 소리가 똑같아서 헷갈렸어요.
I wrote 갑 instead of 값 (price). They are pronounced exactly the same, so I got confused.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words28 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card