Health & feelings

건강

건강 is the clinic sentence. 머리가 아파요 is I have a headache. -아서/어서 explains why: 잠을 못 자서 피곤해요.

10 words6 sentencesGrammar: -아서/어서14 min

Today’s goal

Name one symptom and give a because clause with -아서/어서.

Words

아프다 → 아파요

apeuda → apayo · to hurt / be sick

머리

meori · head

배

bae · stomach

목

mok · throat / neck

피곤해요

pigonhaeyo · I’m tired

병원

byeongwon · hospital / clinic

약

yak · medicine

열

yeol · fever

괜찮아요

gwaenchanayo · I’m okay

휴지

hyuji · tissue

-아서/어서 because / so

Same vowel split as -아요/어요: ㅏ/ㅗ → -아서 (아파서), other vowels → -어서 (먹어서). 하다 → 해서. Put it in the first clause; the second clause is the result. 피곤해서 집에 갔어요 = I was tired, so I went home. 아프다는 to hurt. Body part + 이/가 + 아파요.

Sentences

머리가 아파요.

meoriga apayo. · I have a headache.

배가 아파요.

baega apayo. · My stomach hurts.

잠을 못 자서 피곤해요.

jameul mot jaseo pigonhaeyo. · I couldn’t sleep, so I’m tired.

아파서 병원에 갔어요.

apaseo byeongwone gasseoyo. · I was sick, so I went to the clinic.

약 먹었어요?

yak meogeosseoyo? · Did you take medicine?

괜찮아요. 조금 피곤해요.

gwaenchanayo. jogeum pigonhaeyo. · I’m okay. I’m a bit tired.

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Your line

머리가 아파요. 그래서 약을 먹었어요.

meoriga apayo. geuraeseo yageul meogeosseoyo. · Symptom, then what you did.

The underplayed flu that turns into a hospital arc — 나 좀 아픈 것 같아. · I think I’m a bit sick. (casual)

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