The second difficulty is the fact that there is no direct translation of "because" or "so", instead you have to add a verb ending! Craziness! (but actually you could argue that the word ending is a word in itself, so it's not that crazy).
"to rain" in Korean is 비 오다bi o-da / literally: rain comes. To make it mean "because it is raining" we need to drop the -다-da and add -아서/어서-a-seo/eo-seo:
Be Careful! When you use -아서/어서-a-seo/eo-seo you have to change the verb a bit. Follow this link for the rule. Though actually it's just the -아요/어요-a-yo/-eo-yo ending with out the -요/요-yo.
So now you have 비 와서bi wa-seo / literally: because rain is coming you can complete the sentence by adding "I got wet" 젖었어요jeo-jeoss-eo-yo / I got wet.
after changing the sentence order, changing a verb, and adding and ending you finally have a basic sentence!
Now practise completing these simple sentences, to help you get used to saying things backwards in Korean. To make it extra fun think of three different endings for them!:
- 뚱뚱해서ddung-ddung-hae-seo / because he's fat...
- 아침 못 먹어서a-chim mot mo-geo-seo / because she didn't eat breakfast...
- 친구 만나서Chin-gu man-na-seo / because he met his friend...
- 김치 싫어해서kim-chi si-reo-hae-seo / because she hates kimchi...
- 자동차 없어서ja-dong-cha eops-eo-seo / because he doesn't have a car...
Just like if you want to brush your teeth with your left hand, even though you understand the principle, and know it has the same effect/result on your teeth, you're just no good at it without practice. So you need to practise!!!! Start with very simple and logical sentences with simple vocabulary you already know and just practise saying them in Korean. Writing simple sentences like this is not nearly as helpful as saying them aloud.
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