안녕하새요 !
Continuing the introductory theme, we have Korean today!
How to say hello!
Basic sentence structure.
How to introduce yourself.
And more!
Basic Sentence Structure
Korean is the first language we’ll be practicing here that doesn’t normally follow the SVO pattern. Korean uses SOV as well as some subject and object markers.
This means that “I love dogs” becomes “저는 개를 사랑해요” (I dogs love).
Subject/Object Markers
Subject and object markers are used to specify what exactly the subject or object is in a sentence. These are sometimes omitted (especially in colloquial Korean) but they are usually always present.
The subject markers are: 은, 는 (이 and 가 also exist but they’re a bit beyond this story/lesson).
The object markers are: 을/를
Which subject/object marker is used is dependent on what letter/sound the previous word ended with (similar to French’s abbreviation of “Je te aime” into “Je t’aime”). If the subject/object ends in a vowel then 는 or 를 will be used. If the subject/object ends in a consonant then 은 or 을.
Vocab
안녕하새요 – Hello
저 – I (n.)
크리스 – Chris
예요 – Am (to be)(v.)
이 – this
브로그 – Blog
에서 – In
한국어 – Korean (language)
연습할거예요 – Will practice
우리 – Us/We
캍이 – Together
베워요 – Learn
Text/Story
안녕하새요!
저는 크리스 예요.
저는 이브로그에서 한국어를 연습할거예요.
우리 같이 베워요.
Translation
Hello!
I am Chris.
I practice the Korean language on this blog.
Let’s learn together.
Translation Break Down
The general structure of the translation breakdown will be:
Original Text
Romanized
English Translation
Word-by-word translation
Explanation
안녕하새요!
annyeonghaseyo
Hello!
안녕하새요 (Hello)
– This is the most common way to say hello while remaining polite. The informal version is just 안녕 ( annyeong)
저는 크리스 예요.
jeoneun keuliseu yeyo.
I’m Chris
저 (I), 크리스 (Chris), 예요 (Am/to be)
– Pretty straightforward. The usage of 요 means that we are trying to be polite here.
– Note that 크리스 is just Chris spelled phonetically using Korean letters. Korean can spell most names pretty (phonetically) accurately.
저는 이브로그에서 한국어를 연습할거예요.
jeoneun ibeulogeueseo hangug-eoleul yeonseubhalgeoyeyo.
I practice Korean on this blog.
저 (I), 이 (this), 브로그 (blog), 에서 (In), 한국어 (Korean Language) , 연습 (Practice), 할거예요 (Will do)
– I think this is the longest sentence we’ve done so far! We can decode most of it since we know basic Korean sentence structure. We see the 는 and 를 so we know what the subject and object of the sentence is (I being the subject and Korean Language being the object). After that we look at the verb 연습할거예요. 연습 means “practice” and 할거예요 means “will do” (this is basically future tense). So 연습할거예요 means “Will practice”.
– 에서 means “in” or “at”. It is put after the place that the action is being done in or at. Here it is after ” 이 브로그” (this blog) so we know that the action is being done in this blog. Putting all the pieces together we have the subject (I) doing the verb (will practice) to the object (Korean Language) in this blog.
우리 같이 베우자.
uli gat-i baeuja.
Let’s learn together
우리 (Us/we), 같이 (Together), 베우자 (Let’s Learn)
– Here 같이 is spelled as “gat-i” but it is pronounced as ” gatchi”
– 자 in 베우자 is what makes the “let’s” part of “let’s learn”. It is a very useful modifier to learn.
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Thanks and see you tomorrow! 안녕!
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