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leahkeki
Vice Captain

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:30 pm


Hi =] I was actually thinking of doing a lesson on forming a word, but I think it will come naturally as you learn vocabulary.
If you think you need a lesson, please tell me :]

Korean sentence structure is completely different from that of English.

English : Subject + Verb + Object

Korean : Subject + Object + Verb

For example,

I like milk.

[나는] [우유를] [좋아해].
I milk like.

This SOV structure is the most basic sentence structure, and is the most commonly used.

There is also a sentence structure that puts the topic (Object) first of all, to emphasize it.

For example,

I hate math.

[수학이] [나는] [싫어].
Math I hate.
_______________________

Subject & Object Marker

...this lesson will come out soon. I hope :'(

___________________edit complete XP
PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:42 pm


Ispin Corea
Hi =] I was actually thinking of doing a lesson on forming a word, but I think it will come naturally as you learn vocabulary.
If you think you need a lesson, please tell me :]

Korean sentence structure is completely different from that of English.

English : Subject + Verb + Object

Korean : Subject + Object + Verb

For example,

I like milk.

[나는] [우유를] [좋아해].
I milk like.

This SOV structure is the most basic sentence structure, and is the most commonly used.

There is also a sentence structure that puts the topic (Object) first of all, to emphasize it.

For example,

I hate math.

[수학] [나는] [싫어].
Math I hate.
_______________________

Subject & Object Marker

...this lesson will come out soon. I hope :'(


Question...
Why, in the first sentance is The person "나는" The Subject, but in the second sentance, Math becomes the subject, when they both contain '"나는"??

cory2979


leahkeki
Vice Captain

PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:45 pm


cory2979
Ispin Corea
Hi =] I was actually thinking of doing a lesson on forming a word, but I think it will come naturally as you learn vocabulary.
If you think you need a lesson, please tell me :]

Korean sentence structure is completely different from that of English.

English : Subject + Verb + Object

Korean : Subject + Object + Verb

For example,

I like milk.

[나는] [우유를] [좋아해].
I milk like.

This SOV structure is the most basic sentence structure, and is the most commonly used.

There is also a sentence structure that puts the topic (Object) first of all, to emphasize it.

For example,

I hate math.

[수학] [나는] [싫어].
Math I hate.
_______________________

Subject & Object Marker

...this lesson will come out soon. I hope :'(


Question...
Why, in the first sentance is The person "나는" The Subject, but in the second sentance, Math becomes the subject, when they both contain '"나는"??


Math stays as an Object in the second sentence.
Since Koreans like to make everything faster, they like to put the object in front.
Like we sometimes say "So what's your hobby?" "playing tennis, i guess."

The second sentence is just another way of saying the first one. I put it since people use it more often biggrin

I hope this helped :XP: Thank you for questioning! I found something to edit whee
PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:43 am


Ispin Corea
Hi =] I was actually thinking of doing a lesson on forming a word, but I think it will come naturally as you learn vocabulary.
If you think you need a lesson, please tell me :]

Korean sentence structure is completely different from that of English.

English : Subject + Verb + Object

Korean : Subject + Object + Verb

For example,

I like milk.

[나는] [우유를] [좋아해].
I milk like.

This SOV structure is the most basic sentence structure, and is the most commonly used.

There is also a sentence structure that puts the topic (Object) first of all, to emphasize it.

For example,

I hate math.

[수학이] [나는] [싫어].
Math I hate.
_______________________

Subject & Object Marker

...this lesson will come out soon. I hope :'(

___________________edit complete XP







wait... so how do you know when to puit the emphasis on the object? Because when I watch korean shows, they mix it up. Is there a rule as to when you can put emphasis or not? such as when showing strong wmotion, k]like hate?

Jingjing Gao


leahkeki
Vice Captain

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:07 pm


Jingjing Gao
Ispin Corea
Hi =] I was actually thinking of doing a lesson on forming a word, but I think it will come naturally as you learn vocabulary.
If you think you need a lesson, please tell me :]

Korean sentence structure is completely different from that of English.

English : Subject + Verb + Object

Korean : Subject + Object + Verb

For example,

I like milk.

[나는] [우유를] [좋아해].
I milk like.

This SOV structure is the most basic sentence structure, and is the most commonly used.

There is also a sentence structure that puts the topic (Object) first of all, to emphasize it.

For example,

I hate math.

[수학이] [나는] [싫어].
Math I hate.
_______________________

Subject & Object Marker

...this lesson will come out soon. I hope :'(

___________________edit complete XP







wait... so how do you know when to puit the emphasis on the object? Because when I watch korean shows, they mix it up. Is there a rule as to when you can put emphasis or not? such as when showing strong wmotion, k]like hate?


sorry about late reply.. cry

well, there isn't really a rule...so it is okay to mix it up in conversations.
I wrote about emphasis because in novels and poems, it makes a huge difference. smile
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