* -아/어서 = 1) because, 2) by doing something (describes the first stage of two connected actions).
* -고 = 1) enumerates multiple things, 2) do one thing first and then another (describes two successive but distinctive actions.
- 시간이 너무 늦어서 못 가겠어 = I think I'd rather not go as it's too late. (reason)
- 밀을 빻아서 [빻아 가지고] 밀가로 만든다 = You crush wheat and/to turn it into flour (a case of "and").
- 나는 나고 너는 너다 = I am me, and you are you. (enumeration)
- 점심을 먹고 밖에 나갔다 = I went out after having lunch. (two distinctive actions coming in succession)
* -잖다 is a contraction of -지 않다, so they are the same in most cases.
* -(으)ㅁ and -기 both make a noun from a verb. There is also -는 것 for the same purpose..
-는 것 = applies widely and generally. 말만 하고 실천하지 않는 것. 남을 도와주는 것.
-기 = used for common actions/practices (남의 말에 끼어들기), or idiomatic phrases (하기 싫다, 쓰기(에) 편하다).
-(으)ㅁ = used in more limited cases, often formal and literary. 그의 말이 거짓임이 드러났다.
* X-는 바 = very formal phrase for "as/since/given that X applies / is the case) - not used in normal speech.
* X-는 데 = X-는 데에 = for (doing) X. 데 = place, but here it means a purpose or utility.
- 이렇게 판단하는 바, 본인은 다음을 선언한다 = Arriving at this conclusion, I declare the following.
- 구리는 전선을 만드는 데(에) 많이 쓴다 = Copper is used widely to make electrical wires.