Korean to English examples

저는 영어를 빨리 배우고 싶어요.

→ I want to learn English quickly.

Korean puts 'want' at the very end as part of the verb ending. English puts 'want' right after the subject 'I'. The entire sentence structure must flip.

저는 3년 동안 영어를 공부하고 있어요.

→ I have been studying English for three years.

Korean uses a progressive verb form with a duration marker. English uses the present perfect continuous — a tense that does not exist in Korean.

좀 더 천천히 말씀해 주시겠어요?

→ Could you speak a little more slowly?

Korean encodes a high level of politeness into this request through verb endings. English uses 'could you' for polite requests — much simpler but Korean speakers often choose the wrong register.

더 열심히 공부했더라면 시험에 합격했을 텐데.

→ If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.

Korean conditionals use the '-tteora-myeon' or '-ass/eoss-eumyeon' patterns for past unreal conditions. English uses the third conditional with past perfect.

영어는 매우 중요한 언어예요.

→ English is a very important language.

Korean puts the verb 'is' at the end as a predicate marker 'yeyo'. English puts 'is' between the subject and complement — the middle position feels unnatural to Korean speakers at first.