L2-01 / 15 min

How have you been?

안부

Beginner 2 opens with 안부 — checking in. Past tense lets you talk about yesterday and last weekend, not just what you do every day.

10 words6 sentencesGrammar: -았/었-15 min

Today’s goal

Ask 잘 지냈어요? and answer with one past-tense line about your weekend.

Words

잘 지냈어요?

jal jinaesseoyo? · How have you been?

주말

jumal · weekend

어제

eoje · yesterday

했어요

haesseoyo · did (past of 해요)

만났어요

mannasseoyo · met

봤어요

bwasseoyo · watched / saw

갔어요

gasseoyo · went

먹었어요

meogeosseoyo · ate

쉬었어요

swieosseoyo · rested

재미있었어요

jaemiisseosseoyo · it was fun

-았/었- past polite

Drop 다 from the dictionary form. If the last vowel is ㅏ or ㅗ, add -았어요 (가다 → 갔어요). Other vowels take -었어요 (먹다 → 먹었어요). 하다 becomes 했어요. This is the same split as present -아요/어요, just with 았/었 in the middle. 잘 지냈어요? is How have you been — the natural follow-up after 안녕하세요.

Sentences

잘 지냈어요?

jal jinaesseoyo? · How have you been?

네, 잘 지냈어요.

ne, jal jinaesseoyo. · Yes, I’ve been well.

주말에 뭐 했어요?

jumare mwo haesseoyo? · What did you do on the weekend?

친구를 만났어요.

chingureul mannasseoyo. · I met a friend.

영화를 봤어요.

yeonghwareul bwasseoyo. · I watched a movie.

집에 있었어요.

jibe isseosseoyo. · I stayed home.

Say it out loud

Your line

주말에 뭐 했어요? 친구를 만났어요.

jumare mwo haesseoyo? chingureul mannasseoyo. · Ask, then answer with your real weekend.

Friend reunion scenes — drop -요 with close friends only — 잘 지냈어? · How’ve you been? (casual)

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