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This study aims to establish the basic sentence patterns of Korean so that foreign learners can study Korean more efficiently. It is required for foreign learners to apply the sentence patterns to the certain communicative situations instead of obtaining just linguistic knowledge. Therefore, the use of the sentence patterns should be suggested in forms that reveal syntactical characteristics of Korean faithfully. The basic sentence patterns here are presented as born structures which can be a part of every sentence and foreign learners can transform and expand the patterns according to their expressive intention. The research sets the fifteen basic sentence patterns in conformity with the word order, essential arguments and syntactical and semantical characteristics of the predicate. The sentence patterns are based on the natural word order of Korean and the number of their essential arguments. The essential arguments are suggested in forms which specify the function and meaning in essential elements of a sentence by a part of speech and a mark of case.