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We have been talking about two different groups of verbs:

<ol>
 <li>Verbs with a stem ending in a or o (e.g.가다= kada / 보다= poda)</li>
 <li>Verbs with a stem ending in other than a/o (e.g.목다 = mokkta / 마시다 = mashida)</li>
</ol>

	There is a third type:D Logically that should not be possible... but it is just one single verb of the a/o group which for some mysterious reason behaves differently... Again you might say, why should we even bother, if its just one verb, we can do without it! And there you are wrong! It is the best verb ever. Hahaha I sound like a salesman now. What am I going to make you buy? 


	The verb is called 하다 = hada and it means to do
	

Ah you are still not impressed... Well let me tell you this. The verb hada can be used to change nouns into verbs. And there are many of them. You might even start forming your own ones, and all have the same form as hada since it is only the hada part which is conjugated. Let me give you some examples...
	 

공부 - kongbu = the study 
Now we simply add the verb hada (to do) to the end and we get
 공부하다 - kongbu-hada = to do studies = to study
 Let's try to pick a word you know already... Do you remember 
머리 - meori = head
 Well there is : 머리하다 -meori-hada = to do one's hair
 Well, that one was a bit abstract. Let's find another word.
노레 - norae = song
 노레하다 norae-hada to sing
 There is also 수영 - suyeong - swimming. Remember we had the swimmingpool 수영장

 수영하다 suyeong-hada - to swim
 Do you recall 밥 pap = rice It can also mean meal.
 밥하다 - pap-hada = to fix a meal
 Let's have some fun words. You didn't learn them yet, but you might guess. I won't give you the answer right away,so you need work a bit :D
<ol>
 <li>쇼핑하디</li>
 <li>샤워하다</li>
 <li>데이트하다</li>
</ol>
 Have fun !
 Oh and one must-know :)
 사랑 sarang = love
 사랑하다 saranghada = to love
 Now let's try to conjugate these hada-verbs. If they would behave as a normal a/o verb, we should expect the following:
가다 - ka-da > 가요 - ka-yo
하다 - ha-da > 하요 - ha-yo But that is not the case. Instead hada prefers to turn into:
해요 - hae-yo (I do, you do, he does, they do, let's do...)
 Not too bad, right? I mean buying this you get all the build-up verbs in the deal and there are plenty. If you are impatient, you may type 'verbs with 하다' into Google and you immediately end up on a site proposing you to download 100 hada-verbs. You might as well simply stick with me and learn those verbs when they come up little by little in some useful context. Up to you :D 
Ok let's move on. Let's look at all the hada verbs mentionned above.
<table class="ui celled table">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>infinitive</th>
 <th> romanization</th>
 <th>conjugated form</th>
 <th> romanization</th>
 <th> translation</th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>공부하다</td>
 <td>kongbu-hada</td>
 <td>공부해요</td>
 <td> kongbu-haeyo</td>
 <td> I study</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>머리하다</td>
 <td> meori-hada</td>
 <td>머리해요</td>
 <td>meori-haeyo</td>
 <td> I do my hair</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>노레하다</td>
 <td> norae-hada</td>
 <td>노레해요</td>
 <td>norae- haeyo</td>
 <td> I sing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>수영하다</td>
 <td>suyeong-hada</td>
 <td>수영해요</td>
 <td>suyeong-haeyo</td>
 <td> I swim</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>밥하다</td>
 <td>pap-hada</td>
 <td>밥해요</td>
 <td> pap-haeyo</td>
 <td> I fix a meal</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>사랑하다</td>
 <td> sarang-hada</td>
 <td>사랑해요</td>
 <td>sarang-haeyo</td>
 <td> I love</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>쇼핑하디</td>
 <td>?</td>
 <td>쇼핑해요</td>
 <td>?</td>
 <td>? </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>샤워하다</td>
 <td>?</td>
 <td>샤워해요</td>
 <td>?</td>
 <td>? </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>데이트하다</td>
 <td>?</td>
 <td>데이트해요</td>
 <td>?</td>
 <td> ? </td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

 Now there is one more issue we need to talk about. If hada verbs are a construction out of nouns and the verb hada they can also be unassembled.
 공부하다 = 공부 + 하다 
 We can also use them in their dissassembled form, but since the noun is an object to the verb (hada - to do) it needs an object ending: 을/를 (eul/reul).We have seen these before.
so:
 공부하다 = 공부를 하다 (kongbu-reul hada) to study - to do studies
 공부해요 = 공부를 해요 (kongbu- reul haeyo) I study - I do studies
 You can use either form, connected or seperated, there is no change in the meaning.
So now you might wonder why we do it at all... :D Well there is a reason.
 The concept behind it is that if I want to put anything inbetween the noun and the verb there is a slot. But what would we want to put in there ;P There are several options, for instance negation. Hmmm we haven't yet seen negation with regular verbs... Let's have a quick look at it now. It's pretty easy.
 All you need to do is to put the word 안 (an = not) directly before the verb, that is to be negated.
<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>가요 - kayo = I go </td>
 <td>안 가요- an kayo = I don't go</td>
 </tr>
 
 </tbody>
</table>
 Now coming to a combined hada verb (noun + hada) we have to put an before the verb, but not before the noun. So that is why we need to split the two.
<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>공부해요 = 공부를 해요 kongbuhaeyo / kongbureul haeyo I study </td>
 <td>공부를 안 해요 kongbureul an haeyo I don't study</td>
 </tr>
 
 </tbody>
</table>
 There are lots of other things as well to fill into that gap. There is e.g.못 (mot = can't) 
<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>수영헤요 / 수영을 해요 suyeonghaeyo = suyeongeul haeyo I swim </td>
 <td>수영을 못해요suyeongeul mot-haeyo I can't swim </td>
 </tr>
 
 </tbody>
</table>
Mot as you might have noticed unlike an attaches to the verb hada, however it remains detached from other verbs.
자주 - jaju means often.
 노레를 자주 해요. - Noraereul jaju haeyo. I often sing.
많이 mani means a lot (the 'h' is silent. Usually when you have 4 letters in a syllable block only 3 are pronounced. We ll get to that later)
 공부를 많이 해요. Kongbureul mani haeyo. I study a lot. 
 One last: 전혀 jeon-hyeo not at all and it has to take 안
 공부를 전혀 안 해요. Kongbureul jeon-hyeo an haeyo. I don't study at all. 
 I hope that is not you :D But maybe you are all geniuses who don't need to study. So here is one last bonus information for geniuses:
 Not all hada verbs are able to split up into two parts, only the ones built up with nouns. Verbs constructed from adjectives + hada cannot seperate. A lot of those non splitable verbs have to do with feelings or stomach issues as vomiting. To be drunk is also part of them. So best stay away from too much maegju and you won't have trouble with hada verbs. XD

 Oh, right I owe you still the solution to our riddle earlier. So since you are all geniuses, you surely have figured it out yourself... Here it is anyway:
<ol>
 <li>쇼핑하디 = shopping-hada = to do shopping</li>
 <li>샤워하다 = shaweo-hada = to take a shower</li>
 <li>데이트하다 = de-i-te- hada = to have a date</li>
</ol>
쇼 = syo = sho 
샤 = sya = sha

Reading 8 - hada verbs

verb

adjective

determiner

noun

pronoun

adverb

particle

interjection

number

reading exercise

phrase

sentence

conjunction

Reading 1: ㄴ, ㅏ, ㅣ, ㅂ

Reading 2: ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅐ, ㅁ, ㅓ, ㅔ

Reading 3: ㅗ, ㅜ

Reading 4: ㄱ, ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅒ, ㅖ, ㅛ, ㅠ, conjugating verbs and using the particle 에

Question	Answer
don't /not	안an 안an stands directly before the verb it negates.
I don't come.	안 와요.an wayo.
They don't go.	안 가요.an gayo. An kayo.
You don't eat.	안 먹어요.an meogeoyo.
often	자주jaju
We often go to the swimming pool.	수영장에 자주 가요.suyeongjange jaju gayo. Suyeong-jang-e jaju kayo.
I often eat bananas.	바나나를 자주 먹어요.bananareul jaju meogeoyo. Pananareul jaju meogeoyo.
not at all	전혀 안jeonhyeo an
I don't eat potatoes at all.	감자를 전혀 안 먹어요.gamjareul jeonhyeo an meogeoyo. Kamjareul jeonhyeo an meogeoyo.
can't	못mos 못 mot is directly attached (prefixed) when used with 하다 however it remains detached from other verbs.
I can't come.	못 와요.mos wayo. Mot wayo. ('s' at syllable end is pronounced 't')
I can't eat tomatoes.	토마토를 못 먹어요.tomatoreul mos meogeoyo. Tomato-reul mot meogeoyo.
I eat a lot of meat	고기를 많이 먹어요.gogireul manhi meogeoyo. Kogireul manhi meogeoyo.
a lot of	많이manhi
I see a lot of food.	음식을 많이 봐요.eumsigeul manhi bwayo. Eumshig-eul manhi pwayo.
I don't drink tea at all.	차를 전혀 안 마셔요.chareul jeonhyeo an masyeoyo. Chareul jeonhyeo an mash(y)eoyo.
I swim.	수영해요suyeonghaeyo
I often swim.	수영을 자주 해요.suyeongeul jaju haeyo.
studies	공부gongbu kongbu
to study	공부하다gongbuhada kongbuhada
I don't study at all.	공부를 전혀 안 해요.gongbureul jeonhyeo an haeyo. Kongbureul jeonhyeo an haeyo.
I often do my hair.	머리를 자주 해요.meorireul jaju haeyo.
I can't sing.	노래를 못해요.noraereul moshaeyo. Noraereul mot-haeyo.
Let's fix a meal!	밥해요!baphaeyo! Paphaeyo! Could also translate to: Let's cook rice!
I love Kimchi!	김치를 사랑해요!gimchireul saranghaeyo! This is more a literal translation of an English sentence, which somehow managed to sneak into Korean. However the more natural way to say this would be: Kimchi-reul joh-a-haeyo. ( I like Kimchi.)
I love you!	사랑해요saranghaeyo It is probably not the term you might use towards your girlfriend. You might rather say saranghae without yo. But this might be an insult to a person you are not close enough... So be careful. As for the pronouns (I /you) you don't need them in Korean, so since we didn't see them yet, me too, I will drop them.
I often take showers.	샤워를 자주 해요.syaworeul jaju haeyo. shaworeul jaju haeyo.
I don't go on a date.	데이트를 안 해요.deiteureul an haeyo.
I often go shopping.	쇼핑을 자주 해요.syopingeul jaju haeyo. shopping-eul jaju haeyo.

Korean 8 - Reading 8 - hada verbs

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