Difference between "는 줄" and "는 걸" in this example? Hi guys, I hope you can help me out! Earlier today I wanted to ask my Korean friend: "Does your mom know you're smoking?" and asked him "니엄마는 너가 담배를 피는 줄 아라?" He answered my question but told me it would be even better to say "니엄마는 너가 담배를 피는 걸 아라?", even though both sound correct to him. Unfortunately he couldn't explain the difference. From my grammar lessons I remember that "걸 아라" means "to know the fact/the thing" while "줄 아라" often has a nuance of "to think that ..." but can also mean "to know that ..." Can you maybe help me clarify? Are both ways correct to say my example sentence? Thank you!

"As much as" - difference between 만큼 and 도록 Hi there! So, I recently came across the Korean grammar forms "만큼" and "-도록", and got the understanding that both are used for saying "I do Verb1 so much that Verb2", or "Doing V1 to the point where V2". I am having a hard time separating their meanings, so maybe you could help me out? For instance, how would I say "I love you so much that I die" 나는 죽을 만큼 너를 사랑해. OR--- 나는 죽도록 너를 사랑해. "I ate so much that my belly really hurts" 내 배가 진짜 아픈 걸 만큼 많이 먹었어. OR--- 내 배가 진짜 아프도록 많이 먹었어. Thanks a lot in advance!

Korean "to want to do V" - "고파" instead of "고 싶어"? Hey italki friends! :) Recently I heard the Korean phrase "고파" increasingly often. I read somewhere that this is a casual way to say "I want to..." like using "고 싶어". Could you maybe explain me if it means excactly the same? So "I want to eat" would be "먹고파"? Another question...I saw a Facebook post of a Korean friend who wrote "바다 보곱파" ...why does she say "보곱파" and not "보고파"? Is this dialect? Thanks for clearing that form up for me!!

"Whenever I go" in Korean Hey there, I once learned that you can't use "-ㄹ 때" with the verbs 가다 and 오다. So, for example to say "When I come home, I will..." you need to use "면": 집에 오면... So far so correct, I hope? But now I wonder, what about the form "-ㄹ 때 마다" (meaning "Whenever I do...") Is there the same restriction? Then how could I say: "Whenever I go to my school I pass a nice shop?" or "Whenever I come home I feed my cat"?

Could you help me explain this short sentence? Hey there, when spending time with Korean people I often hear them saying "그렇게 하는 것부터가 잘 못 된 거야." Of course I asked them about this and also tried to figure it out myself. Its meaning seems to be close to "From doing this already, it can't go well / it can't be OK") Like if you talk about some important exam for weeks and your friends catch you playing video games forever, they might say "그렇게 하는 것부터가 잘 못 된 거야."? But why "된 거야"? Isn't the future form "될 거야"?

"That's already enough." / "Doing so much V is enough." Hi there, could a nice iTalki Korean pro tell me how to say "Doing so much V is enough" / "Already doing V is enough" in Korean? For example: "Already eating an apple will make my stomach sick." or Kid: "I only stole a chewing gum!" Police Officer: "That's already enough!" I heard you might use "부터가" for this, but I don't know how... Thanks for your answers!

"내게는" - Two particles, one after another? Hey there! I always believed that you use ONE particle after a Korean word in order to declare its function / nuance. Thus I thought, for example, "는" is the topic particle, "가" marks the subject and "게" or "한테" mean "to". But I just read a Korean sentence like this "내게는 재미없었다." So, did I get it wrong? A Korean buddy told me I shouldn't say "내게가" and also not "내가는" ...CONFUSION TIME :) Does it mean only "는" can be added to another particle? But to which ones? Is "나의는" also impossible? Thanks for ur help!

"One of the..." - is it 중의 or 중에? Quick question, I hope somebody can help me out :-) The form "One of the N", do you use 중의 or 중에? I've just read very contradictory explanations. Which one is right: 내가 제일 좋아하는 영화 중에 하나 "One of my favourite movies" OR IS IT 내가 제일 좋아하는 영화 중의 하나 OR JUST 내가 제일 좋아하는 영화 중 하나 or all 3 of them? :) "I just met one of the prettiest girls" = "제일 예쁜 여자 중에 한 명 만났어!"

Politer form of "거예요": 것입니다 or 겁니다? Sorry for flooding italki with so many questions recently :-) Is there any difference between the forms 것입니다 or 겁니다? Or is 겁니다 just a contraction, that means excactly the same? And what about "거습니다"? THANKS!