1. Examples:

• 아침 었어요? 왜 안 먹었어요?
  --시간이 없어서 못 먹었어요.
  --늦게 일어나서 못 먹었어요.
  --먹기 싫어서 안 먹었어요.
  --오늘은 입맛이 없어서 안 먹었어요.
  
  
• 주말에 뭐 했어요/집에 안 갔어요?
  --날씨가 추워서 그냥 집에 있었어요.
  --친구가 와서 친구하고 영화구경했어요.
  --피곤해서 그냥 잤어요.

• 왜 한국어를 배우세요?
  --재미있어서 배워요.
  --남자친구가 한국사람이라서 배워요.

• 오늘 수업에 왜 늦었어요?
  --늦게 일어나서 늦었어요.
  --버스를 놓쳐서 늦었어요. [버스를 놓치다 'to miss a bus']
  --택시를 못 잡아서 늦었어요. [택시를 잡다 'to catch a taxi]

아파트 어때요? 좋아요? 왜 좋아요?
--넓어서 좋아요.
--깨끗해서 좋아요.
--학교하고 가까워서 좋아요.

• 어때요? 좋아요? 왜 좋아요?
  --캠퍼스가 예뻐서/넓어서 좋아요.
  --사람들이 좋아서 좋아요.
  --도서관이 좋아서 좋아요.

• The things you don't like about IU: IU 어때요? 싫어요? 왜 싫어요?
  --재미없어서 싫어요.
  --기숙사 음식이 맛이 없어서 싫어요.

2. Usage: specifying a developmental sequence in which there a is inherent and necessary temporal relation between the two events:

A-어서 B: Event A occurs and Event B follows => Because A, B

3. Implication: without Event A, B wouldn't have happened.

4. No temporal marker in ~어 clause.
늦게 일어나서/(x)일어났어서 학교에 늦었어요.

5. Some fixed uses of ~어서/아서 (Pragmatic extension): used in making apology or excuse, emphasizing the inevitability of the situation.

(1) In apology:

늦어서 전화 못 해서 어제 파티에 못 가서 숙제를 못 해서

미안합니다

(2) In gratitude:

좋은 선물 주셔서 전화 주셔서

감사합니다

(3) In making an excuse: . . .-어서/아서 늦었습니다

Speaking Activities

A. Making an apology and making an excuse

A:	왜 . . . . 안 . . . 었어요?
B:	. . .~어서/아서 죄송합니다/미안합니다. . . . 어서/아서 . . . ~었/았습니다.

1. You are late for an appointment/class

2. You were supposed to call your partner, but couldn't

3. You had been invited, but couldn't go to your partner's birthday party.

4. You did not do your homework.

B. Expressing gratitude

(. . .~는데/(으)ㄴ데) . . .~어서/아서 감사합니다.

1. Your partner gave you a wonderful birthday present that you have wanted to have. [Use a noun-modifying form to describe how wonderful the gift is]

2. You had been sick and couldn't go to school and your partner gave you a call.

3. The homework in the Korean class was difficult and your partner helped you out. [도와 주다 to help out]

 

C. Express your preference and dispreference along with reasons why.

• Expressing preference: ~어서/아서 좋아요
• Expressing dispreference: ~어서/아서 싫어요

Main pattern:

A:	. . . 어때요?
B:	. . .-은/는 . . .~어서/아서 좋은데, . . .~어서/아서 . . . 싫어요

1. Looking for an apartment:

Apartments	Specification	Positive	Negative
Apartment A	Two bedroom $950+utilities 331-1695	2 bath, large bedrooms	Too expensive
Apartment B	One bedroom $550 336-6629	Near campus	small bedroom
Apartment C	Two bedroom 334-593	Walking distance to campus spacious & clean	1 bath only commercial area (noisy)
Apartment D	One bedroom 336-4278	Swimming pool clean	5 miles from campus
Apartment E	One bedroom 331-1659	near campus spacious Swimming pool	old & dirty

2. 인디애나 대학

[Circumstance] You are making a decision on your college, and you want to attend Indiana Unviersity.

3. 블루밍턴

[Circumstance] You have been admitted to Indiana University. Before you leave for Bloomington, you are checking with your friend in Bloomington.

4. Kroger, March, and O'Mallia

[Circumstance] You want to go grocery shopping, and ask your friend about super markets in Bloomington.