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Korean particles7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() 고양이 가 집 뒤에 있다 = The cat is behind the house ![]() However the sentence above could also be written like this: In this sentence, notice that the particle ~는/은 indicates that the “cat” is the subject. 고양이 는 집 뒤에 있다 = The cat is behind the house One of the most difficult things for a new learner of Korean to understand is the difference between the particles ~는/은 and ~이/가. ![]() :”는” is attached to “the movie” (the subject) :”은” is attached to “my girlfriend” (the subject)Ģ) The movie was scary = The movie는 was scary However, remember that sentences with adjectives will not have an object:ġ) My girlfriend is pretty: My girlfriend은 is pretty The same could be done for sentences with adjectives. The goal of this lesson is to familiarize yourself with the structure of Korean sentences. We can now make sentences using the Korean sentence structure and the Korean particles.ĥ) My mom will make pasta = My mom은 pasta를 will make Use을 when the last letter of the last syllable is a consonant. Use 를 when the last letter of the last syllable is a vowel. This is placed after a word to indicate that is the object of a sentence. Use 은 when the last letter of the last syllable of the subject is a consonant. Use 는 when the last letter of the last syllable of the subject is a vowel. This is placed after a word to indicate that it is the subject of a sentence. The following are the particles you should know for this lesson: Note that there is absolutely no way of translating these particles to English, as we do not use anything like them. These particles indicate the role of each word in a sentence – that is, specifically which word is the subject or object. Most words in a Korean sentence have a particle attached to them. ![]()
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