• 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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  • 주세요 / please give me

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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

dec 1 2020 ∞
jan 7 2021 +