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Level 4 lesson 9 - you shouldn't, you're not supposed to
Verb stem + -(으)면 안 되다

만지면 안 돼요. = You shouldn’t touch it. You can’t touch it.
(Opposite: 만져도 돼요. = It’s okay to touch it. You can go ahead and touch it.)

Level 4 lesson 10 - among, between
1. 중에서 means “among” or “between” but it can only be used when you are listing a few options to choose from.

Between this book and that book = 이 책하고 저 책 중에서
Among these three things = 이 세 개 중에서

2. When you are saying “among” in the sense of “popular among friends” or “famous among teenagers”, you use
the expression, 사이에서. 사이 can refer to a relationship or the space between certain objects or people.

This singer is popular among Koreans. = 이 가수는 한국인들 사이에서 인기가 많아요

3. When you are referring to a physical space between two objects or two people, you can say “사이에”.

The pharmacy is between the school and the police station. = 약국은 학교하고 경찰서 사이에 있어요.

Level 4 lesson 11 - anyone, anything, anywhere
Positive sentences: 아무나, 아무거나, 아무데나
Ex) 아무데나 좋아요. = Any place is good.

Negative sentences: 아무도, 아무것도, 아무데도
Ex) 아무것도 만지지 마세요. = Don’t touch anything.
Ex) 아무것도 몰라요. = I don’t know anything.
Ex) 아무데도 안 갈 거예요. = I’m not going anywhere.

You can use the positive forms in negative sentences to mean "just anyone", "just anything", etc.
Ex) 아무거나 먹으면 안 돼요. = You shouldn’t eat just anything.
Ex) 아무데나 가고 싶지 않아요. = I don't want to go just anywhere. (I want to go someone special/specific.)

Level 4 lesson 12 - 아/어 보다
To try doing something, to experience something.

Some verbs don't need the space, eg:
알아보다 = to look into something, to recognize
지켜보다 = to keep a watchful eye on someone/something

제가 먼저 해 볼게요. = I will try doing it first. / I will give it a try first.

Level 4 lesson 13 - Word builder 불/부
불안 anxiety
불원전 incomplete
불만 complaint
부정확 incorrect
부주의 carelessness
부당 wrong, unfair, unjust
부적절 inappropriate

Level 4 lesson 14 - Frequency words
가끔 = sometimes
자주 = often

항상 = always [more common in written language]
맨날 = (lit. everyday,) always, all the time [more common in spoken language]

별로 = seldom, rarely
전혀 = not at all
거의 = almost not at all

These frequency words usually go right before the verb of a sentence but the position is very flexible.

중국어를 맨날 공부하는데, 아직 어려워요. = I study Chinese all the time, but it’s still difficult.
요즘에는 운동을 별로 안 해요. = I rarely work out these days. / These days, I seldom work out. / These days, I don’t work out that often.
시간이 없어서, 친구들을 거의 못 만나요. = I don’t have time, so I can hardly meet my friends.

Level 4 lesson 15 - More 아무 words
아무때나 = just anytime, anytime

Ex) 아무때나 오세요. = Just come anytime.
Ex) 아무 말도 안 했죠? = You didn’t tell them anything, right?

아무렇지도 않다 = to be alright, to be okay, to be unaffected by
= 아무 (any) + 그렇다 (to be so) + -지 않다 (to be not)
Ex) 저는 아무렇지도 않아요. = I’m okay.

아무한테도 = to nobody
= 아무 (anybody) + -한테 (to) + -도 (even/also)
Ex) 아무한테도 주지 마세요. = Don’t give it to anybody.

아무렇게나 = just in any way, however you like it
Ex) 아무렇게나 해도 돼요. = You can do it whatever way you want.

아무 소식도 없어요. = There is no news (from them).
아무 맛도 없어요. = It is tasteless.

** Fixed expression
아무것도 아니에요. = It’s nothing.
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