some questions
1. i've so far come across two words for 'very' or 'really' which are 'chongmal' and 'chin'ch'a' and i wanted to know, how do you know when to use which? are there other words meaning 'really'?
2. how do you know when it's okay to omit the particles at the end of nouns (i/ga, eun/neun, eul/reul.) because of the formality levels/structure of korean, i'd be too afraid to do this, worrying that it might come across as terribly rude.
3. if pronouns are not used in Korean, like 'tongshin' for you - how do people know who is being addressed? is it all simply context?
4. what's the difference between all the various words for 'and'? I've so far come across 'kurigo' 'hado' and attaching '-do' to the end of pronouns, i think this is for saying 'me too' as in 'cho-do.'
5. is the same verb used for 'to be' and 'to have'? because i've come across the following examples: like, to say 'i am' i would use 'issoyo' but then to ask someone what they have, like when ordering a drink, i've heard you would ask 'mwo issoyo?' for asking 'what do you have?'
6. i was listening to some audio clips of phrases online, and what i heard on this, was 'hangu-go hashi sui simnika?' to ask someone if they speak korean, but to answer back, the phrase was just 'hango-go hal sui simnida.' why is there the difference with this? breaking it up grammatically, can anyone tell me which part is the verb for 'to speak' and which part is the verb 'i am able to' or 'i can' do something?
7. the audio also said, to say that you understand something you would say 'aseyo' but to ask someone if THEY understand, you'd have to change this to 'arayo.' again, why the difference with this?
thank you so much guys!
so i was just wondering for this clarification.
chongmal kamsahamnida =)
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2. how do you know when it's okay to omit the particles at the end of nouns (i/ga, eun/neun, eul/reul.) because of the formality levels/structure of korean, i'd be too afraid to do this, worrying that it might come across as terribly rude.
3. if pronouns are not used in Korean, like 'tongshin' for you - how do people know who is being addressed? is it all simply context?
4. what's the difference between all the various words for 'and'? I've so far come across 'kurigo' 'hado' and attaching '-do' to the end of pronouns, i think this is for saying 'me too' as in 'cho-do.'
5. is the same verb used for 'to be' and 'to have'? because i've come across the following examples: like, to say 'i am' i would use 'issoyo' but then to ask someone what they have, like when ordering a drink, i've heard you would ask 'mwo issoyo?' for asking 'what do you have?'
6. i was listening to some audio clips of phrases online, and what i heard on this, was 'hangu-go hashi sui simnika?' to ask someone if they speak korean, but to answer back, the phrase was just 'hango-go hal sui simnida.' why is there the difference with this? breaking it up grammatically, can anyone tell me which part is the verb for 'to speak' and which part is the verb 'i am able to' or 'i can' do something?
7. the audio also said, to say that you understand something you would say 'aseyo' but to ask someone if THEY understand, you'd have to change this to 'arayo.' again, why the difference with this?
thank you so much guys!
so i was just wondering for this clarification.
chongmal kamsahamnida =)
(X-posted to learning korean)