location + 에: “To” a location: action ends at that location with no new action beginning from that location Followed by directional and existential verbs:-에 가다 to go to–에 오다 to come to–에 다니다 to attend to–에 있다: to be at- -에 없다: to not be at- location + 에서: “From” – A new action…
KOREAN BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE Subject+은/는 or 이/가 Object을/를 Verb(Adjective) Subject Particle -이/가 Subject: Who does the action in the verbC+이 / V+가⚠️ 저(I, humble) + 가 = 제가⚠️ 나(I, plain) + 가 = 내가⚠️ 너(you, plain) + 가 = 네가 ‘네가’ is more often pronounce as 니가, to distinguish from 내가 Object Particle -을/를 Object:…
What is ‘particle’? Particles are attached to nouns and indicate what part of speech (subject, object, location, etc.) that noun is in a given sentence. Thanks to particles, the word order is flexible in Korean as long as verbs/adjectives come at the end of the sentence. In daily conversations, particles are mostly omitted unless they…
ㅡ Irregular: ㅡ becomes ㅓ크다 (to be big): 커(요).예쁘다 (to be pretty): 예뻐(요).쓰다 (to write, use): 써(요). If there are bright vowels in the preceding syllable, ㅡ becomes ㅏ배고프다 (to be hungry): 배고파(요).바쁘다 (to be busy): 바빠(요).나쁘다 (to be bad): 나빠(요).아프다 (to be sick): 아파(요). 르 Irregular: 르 becomes 러 Add another ㄹ in the…
Korean Word Order SUBJECT + OBJECT + VERB/ADJECTIVE Subject or object are often omitted in Korean when it is obvious in the context. Thanks to particles that show what each word is in a given sentence, word order is flexible. You can just say a verb or adjective to make the simplest sentence. In other…
