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1. 이번 주에 디자인 행사가 있어요.

   There's a design event this week.

   이번 주에

   this week

   디자인

   design

   행사

   event

   있어요

   there is; exists

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   이번 주에 means “this week.” 이번 means “this/current,” and 주 means “week.” The ending -에 marks a time when something happens or exists: 이번 주에 = “this week.” Example: 다음 주에 만나요. — “Let’s meet next week.” 디자인 is the noun “design.” It is a Korean loanword used for design as a field, quality, or activity. Example: 디자인을 공부해요. — “I study design.” 행사 means “event,” especially an organized event or occasion. It is a noun, so it can combine with particles such as 행사가 (“the event” as the subject) or 행사에 (“to/at the event”). Example: 학교 행사가 있어요. — “There is a school event.” 있어요 is the polite present form of 있다, meaning “to exist,” “to be present,” or, with a place or time expression, “there is/are.” Here it states that the event exists or takes place this week. The form is polite and present; it does not itself specify a future tense. Example: 회의가 있어요. — “There is a meeting.” Together, 디자인 행사 forms the noun phrase “design event.” The time expression 이번 주에 comes first, and 있어요 states the existence or occurrence of that event: “There’s a design event this week.”

2. 가고 싶을 수도 있겠다고 생각했어요.

   I thought you might want to go.

   가고 싶을 수도 있겠다고

   might want to go

   생각했어요

   thought

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   가고 싶을 수도 있겠다고 가다 means “to go.” In 가고 싶다, -고 싶다 expresses wanting to do the action: 가고 싶어요 means “I want to go.” The subject is not stated in the Korean sentence; here, the fixed translation identifies the intended subject of this desire as “you.” 싶을 수도 있다 adds possibility to 싶다: “might want to.” The form 싶을 is the -을 form of 싶다, and it modifies 수; 수도 있다 is a reusable pattern meaning that something may be the case. In this sentence, 도 belongs to that possibility pattern, not to the meaning “also” in the translation. Example: 오늘 비가 올 수도 있어요. — “It might rain today.” 있겠다고 contains 있다 (“to exist/be the case”), -겠-, and the quoted-content marker -다고. Here -겠- presents the possibility as a conjecture, giving the sense “might be.” -다고 marks the proposition that is being thought. Thus 가고 싶을 수도 있겠다고 forms the content “that you might want to go.” 생각했어요 생각하다 means “to think.” 생각했어요 is its polite past form: the stem 생각하- takes past -였-, commonly realized here as 했-, plus polite -어요. It means “thought” in this sentence. Example: 그게 맞다고 생각했어요. — “I thought that was correct.” Putting the parts together, the quoted thought is 가고 싶을 수도 있겠다고 (“that you might want to go”), and 생각했어요 says that the speaker had that thought. The whole utterance therefore means: “I thought you might want to go.”

3. 그럴 수도 있어요. 어떤 행사예요?

   I might. What kind of event is it?

   그럴 수도 있어요

   That may be so; I might

   어떤

   what kind of

   행사

   event

   예요

   is

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   그럴 수도 있어요 expresses possibility. In this utterance, the fixed translation gives the intended conversational meaning “I might.” Korean leaves the subject unspoken in the sentence itself, while the translation identifies the intended subject. 그럴 is the form of 그렇다 (“to be so / to be like that”) used before 수; 수도 있다 is a reusable pattern meaning “may/can also be” or “might.” Here -도 presents this as one possible outcome, and 있어요 is the polite present form of 있다. Example: 비가 올 수도 있어요. — “It might rain.” 어떤 asks what type or kind of thing is meant. It is placed before a noun: 어떤 책 means “what kind of book.” 무슨 can also ask about the nature or identity of a thing, so the best choice depends on the intended question and context; do not treat the two forms as a fixed one-to-one translation pair. Example: 어떤 음악을 좋아해요? — “What kind of music do you like?” 행사 means “event” or “occasion.” It is a noun and can combine with modifiers such as 큰 행사 (“a big event”) or 문화 행사 (“a cultural event”). Example: 이번 행사는 무료예요. — “This event is free.” 예요 is the polite present form of the Korean copula after a noun ending in a vowel. In 행사예요, it links 행사 with the meaning “is an event.” After a consonant-ending noun, the corresponding polite form is 이에요, as in 축제예요 (“It is a festival”) versus 학생이에요 (“[Someone] is a student”). Together, 어떤 행사예요? means “What kind of event is it?” The first sentence expresses the possibility conveyed as “I might,” and the question asks for the type of event. The complete utterance is therefore: “I might. What kind of event is it?”

4. 짧은 발표가 몇 개 있고 작은 전시도 있어요.

   It has a few short talks and a small exhibition.

   짧은

   short

   발표

   talk; presentation

   몇 개

   a few

   있고

   and there is/are

   작은

   small

   전시

   exhibition

   도

   also

   있어요

   there is/are

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   짧은 means “short” here and describes 발표. It is the attributive form of 짧다 (“to be short”): 짧다 → 짧은 발표 (“a short talk”). Korean descriptive words generally take a form like 짧은 before a noun. 발표 means “talk” or “presentation.” Here it refers to the short talks included in the event. Example: 발표를 준비해요. — “I prepare a presentation.” 몇 개 refers to an unspecified number of countable things. In this sentence, the fixed translation renders it as “a few,” but 몇 does not itself give an exact count or always guarantee a small number. 개 is a general counter for things. Example: 사과 몇 개가 있어요. — “There are a few apples.” 있고 connects this clause to the next one. It is based on 있다 (“to exist; to be present”) with -고, a connective meaning “and” here. Thus 짧은 발표가 몇 개 있고 says that a few short talks are present and the sentence continues with another item. 작은 means “small” here and describes 전시. It is the attributive form of 작다 (“to be small”): 작다 → 작은 전시 (“a small exhibition”). The form 작은 describes the noun 전시; 전시 is not its base form. 전시 means “exhibition” or “display.” Here it is the second item included in the event. Example: 전시를 봐요. — “I look at an exhibition.” 도 means “also” or “too.” It marks 작은 전시 as an additional item alongside the talks: 작은 전시도 means “a small exhibition too/also.” 있어요 is the polite present form of 있다, meaning “there is/are” or “is/are present.” It closes the sentence politely. Korean 있다 does not mark English-style singular versus plural in this form, so the context determines whether “is” or “are” is natural in translation. Together, 짧은 발표가 몇 개 있고 means “there are a few short talks, and” and 작은 전시도 있어요 means “there is also a small exhibition.” The whole utterance is therefore: “It has a few short talks and a small exhibition.” The omitted topic is understood as the event in the supplied context and fixed translation; the sentence lists the talks and exhibition as features of that event.

5. 그러면 잠깐 들르기 쉽겠네요.

   So it should be easy to drop in.

   그러면

   then; in that case

   잠깐

   briefly; for a moment

   들르기

   dropping in; stopping by

   쉽겠네요

   should be easy

   More detail

   그러면 means “then” or “in that case.” It connects the situation just mentioned with what follows. A reusable pattern is 그러면 + statement: “Then, …” or “In that case, …” 잠깐 is an adverb meaning “briefly” or “for a moment.” It limits the duration of the stopping-by action; it does not itself mean that the visit is easy or certain. 들르기 is the noun-like form of 들르다, “to drop by” or “to stop in.” The ending -기 turns the verb into an action noun, so 들르기 쉽다 is the reusable pattern “it is easy to drop by.” For example, 여기는 들르기 쉬워요. means “This place is easy to drop by.” 쉽겠네요 is built from 쉽다 (“to be easy”) plus -겠- and -네요. 쉽다 describes the action as easy. Here -겠- presents the speaker’s expectation or inference, while -네요 adds a tone of noticing or acknowledging that conclusion. Thus this is not a bare statement that something is always easy; it is “it should be easy” or “it looks like it will be easy.” Together, 그러면 잠깐 들르기 쉽겠네요 means “So it should be easy to drop in briefly.” 그러면 links the conclusion to the preceding situation, 잠깐 들르기 means “dropping in for a short time,” and 쉽겠네요 expresses the speaker’s inferred, conversational conclusion.

6. 방문객은 미리 신청해야 하나요?

   Do visitors need to sign up beforehand?

   방문객

   visitor(s)

   미리

   beforehand

   신청해야 하나요?

   need to sign up?

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   방문객 means “visitor” and is a noun. Its plural meaning can be understood from context without a separate plural ending, so 방문객은 can mean “as for visitors” or “visitors” here. 은 marks the topic; after a consonant-ending noun such as 방문객, the topic marker is 은 rather than 는. 미리 means “beforehand” or “in advance.” It is an adverb, so it describes when the action occurs. For example, 미리 예약해요 means “I make a reservation in advance.” 신청해야 하나요? asks whether someone needs to apply or sign up. The useful base form is 신청하다, “to apply” or “to sign up.” In 신청해야 하다, 신청해야 is the connective form of 신청하다 used before 하다; the whole pattern -아/어야 하다 expresses necessity, roughly “must” or “need to.” Here, 신청해야 하나요? is a polite question about that necessity. 하나요? makes the question polite; it does not itself identify the person who must apply. Korean often leaves the subject unstated when it is clear from the topic or situation. Here, the topic 방문객은 supplies the intended subject, so the sentence asks whether visitors need to sign up, not whether the speaker specifically needs to do so. Together, 방문객은 sets “visitors” as the topic, 미리 says the action should happen in advance, and 신청해야 하나요? asks whether applying or signing up is necessary. The complete meaning is: “Do visitors need to sign up beforehand?”

7. 행사 페이지를 확인하고 자세한 내용을 보내 드릴게요.

   I'll check the event page and send you the details.

   행사

   event

   페이지

   page

   확인하고

   check and

   자세한

   detailed

   내용

   details; content

   보내

   send

   드릴게요

   will do or give for you

   More detail

   행사 means “event.” It is a noun and can combine directly with another noun: 행사 페이지 means “event page,” with 행사 specifying what kind of page it is. 페이지 means “page.” In 페이지를, the particle 를 marks it as the object of the checking action. Thus 행사 페이지를 means “the event page” as what will be checked. 확인하고 comes from 확인하다, “to check” or “to confirm.” Its ending -고 connects this action with the following action: 확인하고 보내다 means “check and send.” -고 itself does not mark past or future tense. Example: 문을 열고 들어가요. — “I open the door and go in.” 자세한 comes from the adjective 자세하다, “to be detailed” or “to be specific.” 자세한 is its form used before a noun, so 자세한 내용 means “detailed information” or “the details.” It describes 내용, not 페이지. 내용 means “content” or “information.” Here, in 자세한 내용, it means the details that will be sent. In 내용을, the particle 을 marks those details as the object of 보내다. Example: 내용을 읽어 보세요. — “Please read the content.” 보내 comes from 보내다, “to send.” Here it is the -어 form used before 드리다 in the construction 보내 드리다. This is not the connective -고 form meaning simply “send and”; the construction presents the sending as something done for the recipient. 드릴게요 is based on 드리다, a humble/benefactive form used when the speaker gives or does something for another person, plus -ㄹ게요. This ending presents the speaker’s willingness or promise to the listener: 할게요 means “I’ll do it,” while 보내 드릴게요 means “I’ll send it to you.” The subject is omitted in Korean and is understood here as the speaker, matching “I’ll” in the translation. Together, 행사 페이지를 확인하고 means “check the event page and,” 자세한 내용을 means “the details,” and 보내 드릴게요 means “I’ll send them to you.” The complete utterance is: “I’ll check the event page and send you the details.”

8. 우리 어디에서 만나야 하는지도 알아봐 줄 수 있어요?

   Could you also find out where we should meet?

   우리

   we/us

   어디에서

   where

   만나야

   must meet

   하는지도

   also whether

   알아봐

   find out

   줄 수 있어요?

   can you do it?

   More detail

   우리 means “we” or “us.” Here it refers to the people who should meet; the form itself does not specify exactly how many people are included. Korean uses 우리 according to its grammatical role and the context. 어디에서 means “where” and marks the place where an action occurs. 에서 is appropriate here because meeting is an action taking place at a location. Example: 어디에서 만나요? — “Where are we meeting?” 만나야 comes from 만나다, “to meet.” The ending -아야/-어야 expresses necessity, so 만나야 means “must meet” or “need to meet” in this construction. With 하다, 만나야 하다 means “to have to meet” or “to need to meet.” 하는지도 completes the embedded question and adds 도, meaning “also” or “too.” The relevant structure is 만나야 하는지: 만나야 하다 becomes an embedded question with -는지, meaning roughly “whether one must meet” or, after 어디에서, “where one must meet.” The form 하는 comes from 하다 and is not the base form of 만나다. 알아봐 comes from 알아보다, “to find out” or “to check into.” It is the connective form used before 주다: 알아봐 주다 means to find something out as a favor for someone. Example: 시간을 알아봐 주세요. — “Please find out the time.” 줄 수 있어요? contains 주다, “to give” or “to do for someone,” and 수 있다, “to be able to.” After another verb, -아/어 주다 presents the action as done for someone, while -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 expresses ability or possibility. Here the polite question functions as “Could you do it?” Example: 확인해 줄 수 있어요? — “Could you check it for me?” Putting the parts together, 우리 어디에서 만나야 하는지도 알아봐 줄 수 있어요? politely asks whether the listener can also find out where the group should meet. The sentence asks for information; it does not ask the listener to meet immediately. A reusable pattern is V-아/어 줄 수 있어요? — “Could you V for me?”

9. 신청이 간단하면 첫 발표 전에 입구 근처에서 만나요.

   If sign-up is simple, let's meet by the entrance before the first talk.

   신청

   sign-up

   간단하면

   if simple

   첫

   first

   발표

   talk

   전에

   before

   입구

   entrance

   근처

   vicinity

   만나요

   meet

   More detail

   신청 means “sign-up” here. It is a noun for applying or registering, and 신청이 adds 이, the subject marker after a consonant. In this sentence, it is the thing described as simple. 간단하면 comes from the adjective 간단하다, “to be simple.” The form 간단하면 combines the adjective stem 간단하- with -면, a conditional meaning “if” or “when”: 간단하면 = “if it is simple.” Korean adjectives can form this kind of condition just like descriptive predicates. For example, 길이 짧으면 걸어요 means “If the distance is short, let’s walk.” 첫 means “first” and is a determiner placed directly before a noun: 첫 발표 = “the first talk.” It is not the noun 발표 and does not change to agree with that noun. 첫 identifies the initial item in the relevant sequence. 발표 means a presentation or talk. It can also refer to an announcement or the act of presenting in other contexts; here, the fixed translation identifies it as a talk. A useful phrase is 발표를 하다, “to give a presentation.” 전에 means “before” when it follows a noun or noun phrase. Here, 첫 발표 전에 means “before the first talk.” The noun phrase comes before 전, and 에 marks the relevant time point. Compare 수업 전에 (“before class”) with 수업 후에 (“after class”); 후 is the contrasting time word. 입구 means “entrance.” In 입구 근처, it identifies the place whose vicinity is meant. 입구 is a noun and does not itself mean “near the entrance”; the nearby-location meaning comes from combining it with 근처. 근처 means “vicinity” or “nearby area.” After 입구, 입구 근처 means “the area near the entrance.” It can also follow other place nouns, as in 역 근처 (“near the station”). 만나요 comes from 만나다, “to meet.” 만나요 is the polite present-style form. In this sentence, with the first-person plural understood from the proposal, it expresses “let’s meet,” not a statement that only one unspecified person meets. The verb’s past form is 만났어요, “met,” while a polite question is 만나요?, “Do we meet?/Shall we meet?” The location particle 에서 in 입구 근처에서 marks where the meeting action takes place. Together, 신청이 간단하면 sets the condition “if sign-up is simple.” 첫 발표 전에 gives the time, “before the first talk,” and 입구 근처에서 gives the meeting place, “near the entrance.” The whole utterance therefore means: “If sign-up is simple, let’s meet by the entrance before the first talk.”

10. 저는 괜찮아요. 계획이 정해지면 보내 주세요.

    That works for me. Send the plan once you have it.

    저는

    as for me

    괜찮아요

    is fine; works for me

    계획

    plan

    정해지면

    once it is decided

    보내 주세요

    please send

    More detail

    저는 sets the topic as the speaker: “as for me.” 저 is the polite first-person pronoun “I,” and 는 is a topic marker. The marker highlights the speaker as the person for whom the following assessment applies; it does not itself mean “I” or assert a numerical contrast. 괜찮아요 means “is fine” or, in this sentence, “works for me.” It is the polite present form of 괜찮다, used for something being acceptable, all right, or not a problem. For example, 이 시간도 괜찮아요. means “This time works too.” Together, 저는 괜찮아요 gives the speaker’s acceptance: “That works for me.” 계획 means “plan.” It is a noun and can be used in compounds or noun phrases, such as 여행 계획 (“travel plan”). Here it is the thing that will become set and will later be sent. 정해지면 means “once it is decided” or “once it is set.” It is based on 정해지다, “to be decided / become fixed,” with -면, a connective meaning “when” or “if.” 정하다 means “to decide or set something,” while 정해지다 presents the plan as becoming decided rather than naming the person who decides it. In this sentence, the timing is understood as “once the plan is set.” 보내 주세요 means “please send.” 보내다 is the lexical verb “to send,” and 주세요 is a polite request form built from 주다, “to give,” after another verb. A reusable pattern is V-아/어 주세요, meaning “please V”; for example, 이메일로 보내 주세요. means “Please send it by email.” The sentence combines these parts in order: 저는 괜찮아요 expresses that the arrangement is acceptable to the speaker; 계획이 정해지면 sets the condition or time, “once the plan is set”; and 보내 주세요 makes the polite request “please send it.” Thus the full utterance means: “That works for me. Send the plan once you have it.” The subject of 보내다 is understood from the request, while the plan is the item to be sent.

11. 오늘 밤에 신청 규정을 확인하고 만날 시간을 제안할게요.

    Tonight, I will confirm the sign-up rules and suggest a meeting time.

    오늘 밤에

    tonight

    신청

    application; sign-up

    규정

    rule; regulation

    확인하고

    check and

    만날

    to meet; meeting

    시간

    time

    제안할게요

    I’ll suggest

    More detail

    오늘 밤에 means “tonight.” 오늘 is “today” and 밤 is “night”; 에 marks the time when an event happens. Korean can also say 오늘 밤 when the time marking is understood. 신청 means “application” or “sign-up” here, as in applying or registering. It can also be used in the verb 신청하다, “to apply” or “to sign up.” In this sentence, 신청 규정 is a noun combination: the rules related to applying or signing up. 규정 means “rule” or “regulation,” especially a stated rule. It is different from a general guideline such as 지침, which can be less binding. 확인하고 comes from 확인하다, “to check” or “to confirm.” The ending -고 connects this action to the next one: 확인하고 제안할게요 means “I will check/confirm it and suggest [something].” The form 확인하고 itself does not express the future; the later 제안할게요 supplies the speaker’s future intention for the coordinated actions. 만날 comes from 만나다, “to meet.” The ending -ㄹ changes the verb into a modifier placed before a noun, giving a prospective or intended meaning: 만날 시간 is “a time to meet” or “a meeting time.” This is not the same as the completed-action modifier 만난, which means “that [someone] met” or “that was met,” depending on the construction. 시간 means “time.” In 만날 시간, it is the noun modified by 만날, so the whole phrase refers to a time for meeting rather than to the act of meeting itself. 제안할게요 comes from 제안하다, “to suggest” or “to propose.” Its ending -ㄹ게요 presents the speaker’s intention or commitment to do something, commonly with the listener in mind. The polite ending is 요; the observed form does not identify the speaker by a separate pronoun, but the ending makes the action speaker-centered. For example, 제가 확인할게요 means “I’ll check it.” Together, 오늘 밤에 신청 규정을 확인하고 sets the time and gives the first connected action: “tonight, [I will] check the sign-up regulations.” 만날 시간을 means “a meeting time” and marks it as the object of the next verb. 제안할게요 completes the speaker’s intention: “I’ll suggest [it].” The full utterance therefore means, “Tonight, I will confirm the sign-up rules and suggest a meeting time.”

12. 그러면 그날 저녁 시간을 비워 둘 수 있어요.

    Then I can keep that evening free.

    그러면

    then; in that case

    그날

    that day

    저녁

    evening

    시간을

    time

    비워 둘

    keep free

    수 있어요

    can

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    그러면 links this sentence to a condition or situation just mentioned. Here it means “then” or “in that case,” rather than simply marking chronological order. A reusable pattern is 그러면 + clause: “Then/In that case, …” 그날 means “that day.” It combines the demonstrative 그 (“that”) with 날 (“day”); the form 그날 is written as one spacing unit in this sentence. The demonstrative identifies a day understood from the context, while the translation specifies that the relevant time is that evening. This is different from 이날 (“this day”) and 어느 날 (“some day/one day”). 저녁 means “evening.” It can refer either to the part of the day or, with a time expression, to an evening period. In 그날 저녁, it specifies which evening is meant: “that evening.” 시간을 means “time” as the object of the following action. 시간 is the noun “time,” and -을 marks it as the object. Korean object marking depends on the final sound of the noun: 시간을 uses -을 because 시간 ends in a consonant; a noun ending in a vowel takes -를. 비워 둘 comes from 비우다 (“to empty; to leave unoccupied”) plus -어 두다. In this sentence, 비워 두다 means to keep a period available or free. The ending in 비워 둘 is the form used before the following 수 있다 construction: 비워 둘 수 있다, “be able to keep free.” The -어 두다 pattern commonly presents an action as completed or arranged with its result maintained. Example: 문을 열어 두세요. — “Please leave the door open.” 수 있어요 expresses possibility or ability: “can” or “is possible.” The pattern 동사-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요 means “can do ….” Here, 둘 is the -(으)ㄹ form of 두다 before 수, so 비워 둘 수 있어요 literally builds the meaning “there is a possibility/ability to leave it free.” 있어요 is the polite present form of 있다; in this pattern it states that the possibility exists. Together, 그날 저녁 시간을 identifies the time period as the object, and 비워 둘 수 있어요 says that the speaker can keep that period unoccupied. With 그러면 at the beginning, the complete meaning is: “Then I can keep that evening free.”