Korean novels What are some quality classics in Korean literature? I don't think I'll be able to read them in Korean, yet, so preferably translated ones.

When do you use this? '말이야' I hear that it's for emphasis, but can you put it at the end of practically any sentence?

Korean swear words Please give me some Korean curse words, I hardly know any! Got to know them to recognize them, right? Guess I should have proofread the rules.. still, I'd like an introduction.

honorific subject marker In what situations do you use 께서 ? I get that it's for older / higher people, but I haven't seen it used very often. Maybe because I haven't paid attention.

니까짓게 뭔데 .. ? What exactly does this mean, and why can it be offensive?

Christmas in Korea Q to the Koreans: How do you celebrate Christmas in your home? I have the impression that it's more of a couple holiday there than here (where the focus is on the family)... is that true?

Two sentence endings I read two sentences today where I didn't understand the endings. "오늘 소개팅 있거든" - I have a blind date today. What does '거든' do? "자기 밥값은 자기가 낸다구" - pay for one's own meal. So 내다 is to pay... what's the purpose of -ㄴ다구 ?

Intentional sentence endings In my study material I read this about -려고 하다 : "It can be used with all persons (first, second and third person), whereas other intentional sentence endings are limited. " Would anyone be so kind as to do a brief overview over which intentional sentence endings are limited to which persons?

맥주 사왔심다 - means.... I'm just following some random Korean twitter accounts and this popped up: 슈퍼 나가서 맥주 사왔심다 What's the '심'다 doing here?