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Let’s take a look at the plural marker 들 and how it’s used. The first sentence we’ll take a look at is, 사람들이 많아요. (사람 = person. 들 = plural marker. 이 = subject marking particle.많아요 = many). Let’s compare this with a second sentence, 사람이 많아요. The difference between the first sentence and th...
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This Halloween why not spend some time watching scary Korean movies? All these movies have been made within the last couple of years: 불신지옥 - Living Hell/Living Death. About two sisters, one who maypossibly bepossessed. 여고괴담 5 동반자살 - A Blood Pledge. About a group of high ...
귀신 is a generic term for a ghost or spirt. A 귀신 is a spirt that has already died but for one reason or another has not passed on to the afterlife. In other words, a Korean 귀신 is a spirit roaming the earth. In Korean ...
Usually in October, towards the beginning of the month, Korean and American flags are raised in honor of 국군의 날. 국군의 날 is Armed Forces Day. 국군의 날 is not a national holiday and people do not get the day off. Nonetheless it’s a day...
Let’s say that you see a painting and you say ‘그 여자는 누구예요’? (그 = that. 여자 = girl. 는 = topic marking particle. 누구 = who. 예요 = copula meaning ‘is’.) In En...
When you want to form a statement in the standar polite form, you stick 요 at the end of the sentence. For example, 이분 보라 씨예요. (이분 = this person. 보라 = Bora. 씨 = Ms. 예요 = copula ‘is’ in the standard polite form) would mean ‘This person is Ms. Bora’. Moreover, if I want to turn this sta...
In English demonstratives would be words like ‘this’, ‘that’, or ‘over there’. In Korean, the demonstrative prefix for ‘this’ is 이, that = 그, that over there = 저. To be more specific, 이것is used when the object is close to the speaker. Therefore a sentence lik...
The particle 의 denotes possession. For example, the sentence 민지의 친구가 학생입니다 shows that Minji is doind the possessing. (민지 = Minji. 의 = possessive particle. 친구 = friend. 가 = subject marking particle. 학생 = student. 입니다 = copula ending in deferential pol...
The object marking particles are 을 or 를 depending on whether the object is a word ending in a vowel or consonant. When the object ends in a vowel you’re going to use 를. Take a look at a sentence like this, 주니가 사과를 사요. 주니 = Juni. 가 = subject marking particle. 사과 = apple. 를 = object marki...
This year Gaecheonjeol (개천절)was overshadowed by the Chuseok festival. Gaecheonjeol is National Foundation Day. It celebrates the first state of the Korean nation. This year, the two holidays happened to be on the same day. The first official nation of Korea was called Gojoseon (고조선). There is a...
The third of October this year was the Chuseok (추석) festival. The date changes every year for Chuseok on the solar calendar. However, on the lunar calendar Chuseok is always celebrated the fifteenth of August. Long ago, Chuseok was called Hangawee (한가위). Chuseok ...
When I was a child, I had the pleasure of viewing a pansori (판소리) performance in Korea. Pansori (판소리) is a type of traditional Korean music using vocals and instruments. The singer of a Pansori (판소리) performance is called a 소리꾼. The 소리꾼 is usually acc...
This fall, as new students enter their first year of college, some will attend a SKY university and some will not. Many Korean parents dream of sending their children to a SKY university to further their children’s future. Have you ever heard of the acronym SKY? ...
Hopefully you’ved had some time to guess about these words: 1. 카리스마 (charisma) 2. 볼펜 (ballpoint pen) Be careful of the the word 팬 which doesn’t mean pen, but a fan or an ethusiast. 3. 카메라 (camera) lots of names for high tech items are derived from English. 4. 핸드백 (handbag) lots of ...
