I was hoping I wasn't going to have to post two times in a row....
I'm really sorry about this
Not only for the 'double post' but for having to request something that isn't entirely help with Korean...
( I'll cut the rest... )
Not only for the 'double post' but for having to request something that isn't entirely help with Korean...
( I'll cut the rest... )
It’s always:
은/는
EXCEPT IN ALL OF THESE CASES AHAHA:
When some verbs seem to go hand in hand with 이/가:
아니다 / to not be
나는 바보가 아닙니다 / I am not an idiot.
있다 / to exist/for there to be
저기에는 꼬리가 다섯 달린 고양이가 있어요 / There’s a five-tailed cat over there.
없다 / to not exist/for there not to be
한강에 괴물이 없어요 / There’s no monster in the Han River.
많다 / to be a lot of
요즘 인터넷에서 나는 인기가 아주 많아요 / I’m really popular on the internet these days.
나다 / to happen
사고가 났어요 / I had an accident (not of the lavatory persuasion)
그립다 / to long for
팀탬스가 그리워요 / I miss Timtams.
좋다 / to be good
여름이 좋아요 / Summer’s nice.
나쁘다 / to be bad
오늘은 날씨가 나빠요 / The weather’s bad today.
싫다 / to not like
서울에서 운전하기가 싫어요 / I don’t like driving in Seoul (you can also say 서울에서 운전하기를 싫어해요 but that’s not the point)
되다 / to become
앞으로 선생님이 되고 싶어요 / I want to be a teacher later on.
어떻다 / to be like how (definition is made of first-class fail, let’s just go to some examples…)
미국이 어땠어요? / How was the US?
음식이 어때요? / How’s the food?
(NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST JUST THE ONES THAT I COULD THINK OF RIGHT NOW)
When even the first exception has exceptions of its own!: if the topic has already been mentioned, 이/가 is replaced with 은/는
한강에 괴물이 있어요? / Is there a monster in the Han River?
아뇨, 한강에 괴물은 없어요. No, there’s no monster in the Han River (so get over it, boy)
When you want to draw attention to a topic:
톰이 했어요! / Tom did it!
니가 뭐 하냐?! / What are you doing?! (may also be written as 네가)
When the sentence contains passive verbs (active and passive parts of the verbs have also been underlined for your convenience):
나는 마음을 바꾸었어요 / I changed my mind.
마음이 바뀌었어요 / My mind’s changed.
나는 과자를 다 먹었어요 / I ate all the biscuits.
과자가 다 먹혔어요 / All the biscuits were eaten.
나는 숙제를 했어요 / I did the assignment.
숙제가 됐어요 / The assignment’s been done (yes, 되다 is 하다’s passive form and yes, it does appear above, thanks for asking).
When the noun appears in a noun group:
나는 저 사람을 좋아해요 / I like that person.
저 사람은 내가 좋아하는 사람이에요 / That’s the person that I like.
우리 남동생은 야채를 안 먹을 거예요 / My brother won’t eat his veggies.
야채는 우리 남동생이 안 먹을 음식이에요 / Veggies are the food that my brother won’t eat.
When it’s an embedded quote:
너는 똑똑해요 / You’re smart.
그녀는 니가 똑똑하대요 / She said you’re smart.
한글은 대문자가 있었으면 나는 자기 생각을 더 자연스럽게 표현할 수 있었어요 / I could have expressed myself more naturally if Hangul had capital letters.
나는 한글이 대문자가 있었으면 내가 자기 생각을 더 자연스럽게 표현할 수 있었다고 생각해요 / I think I could have expressed myself more naturally if Hangul had capital letters.
(there is a slight 100% chance that the two above sentences are wrong but not because of the 이/가 particles… but that particular grammar’s not the point.)
It just is:
비가 오다 / It’s raining.
눈이 오다 / It’s snowing.
바람이 불다 / It's windy.
WISH SOMEONE COULD’AH TOLD ME THIS AT THE BEGINNING OMG THE SUFFERING AND RESTLESS NIGHTS THIS CAUSED ME.
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If you have any other questions about anything about Korean (don't ask me about Turkish, can't help you there :/), message me or something. Me and Korean are in nerdy love 8D.
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