- 뭐 / what
- 어디 / where, which place (eo-thi)
- 언제 / when
- 누구 / who
- 어떻게 / how
- 왜 / why
- 얼마 / how much (money)
- 얼마나 / how + adjective/verb
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- 이에요 / to be (after consonant)
- 예요 / to be (after vowel)
- 뭐예요? / what is it?
- 아니에요 / to be not
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- 이거 / this
- 이거 뭐예요? / what is this?
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- 이 = this (near you)
- 저 = that (over there)
- 그 = the / that (near the other person)
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- 은 / topic marking particle (after consonant)
- 는 / topic marking particle (after vowel)
they can also be used to add nuance to a word and prioritize it over others -
- 이 / subject marking particle (after a consonant)
- 가 / subject marking particle (after a vowel)
can also be used to emphatize a word, but not as strongly -
- 있어요 / have/exists
- 없어요 / doesn't have/doesn't exist
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- ~고 싶어요 / i want to
- 더 / more
- 뭐 + verb stem + -고 싶어요? / what do you want to _?
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- 어디 + 가(다) + ~고 싶어요 = 어디 가고 싶어요? = where do you want to go?
- ~에 / at, to, in (mark location, time, situation, etc)
- ~에서 = at, in, from (where an action is taking place or "from" a place)
- (!)~에 expresses a location where something “is” or “exists”, or a direction that you are going toward, ~에서 expresses a location where an action is taking place
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- 언제 + conjugated verb?
- doesn't have marking particles
- negative sentences
- (1) add 안 before a verb (simpler, more colloquial)
- (2) use the negative verb ending, -지 않다 (relatively formal but not only used for formal situations)
- doesn't apply to 있다 and 알다 because they already have negative forms
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- 하다 can be combined with nouns to create verbs
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- when you want to ask simple questions like "who did it?" or "who made it?" you emphasize the subject who using 이 or 가
- 누구 + 가 = 누가 for ease of pronunciation
- who is it = 누구 + 예요 = 누구예요?
- (among these people) who is jane? = 누구 + 가 + 제인 + 이에요? = 누가 제인이에요?
- who did it = 누구 + 가 + 했어요? = 누가 했어요?
- ~에서 = from (associated with places) ~부터 = from (associated with time) ~까지 = to/until