➣ L8: 한국어 - 이다 + To Be

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Students have or are in the process of learning the Korean

alphabet fluently. At this point, it's time to begin learning 

simple verbs to start the conversation process.

 

 

GEOGRAPHICAL FACT~

Korean is the official language of both the Republic of Korea (South Korea) 

and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea),

which have a total combined population of around 73 million (50 million in the South and 23 million in the North)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE VERBS - Used in everyday Korean~

 

TO BE/TO EXIST

이다

(I-Da)

 


 

 

 

이에요:          VS        예요:

[I-Eh-Yo]                                                                        [Ye-Yo]

 

 

    This is the 'to be' or 'to exist response in 존대말

You put this at the end of a sentence.

 

* Whats the difference? 

The meaning is the same however, you use both at different times.

이에요 is used when the proceeding word ends in a consonant. 예요 is used when the proceeding word ends in a vowel.

 

 

Example: 

이에요

 

사랑이에요

(Sa-Lang I-Eh-Yo)

Love To Be/To Exist

It is love

 

 

 

예요

 

커피예요

(Keo-Pi Ye-Yo)

Coffee To Be/To Exist (formal)

It is coffee

 

 

 

 

Very easy, right?

It's hard when you first start out to differentiate them both, however, when you become more experienced, 누워서 떡먹기죠 or it's a piece of cake!

 

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE VERBS- Used in everyday Korean~

 

TO BE/TO EXIST

 

이다

(I-Da)

 


 

 

 

입니다:          VS      ㅂ니다:

[Im-Ni-Da]                                                               [-M-Ni-Da]

 

 

    This is the 'to be' or 'to exist response in 존대말

You put this at the end of a sentence.

 

* Whats the difference? 

The meaning is the as 이에요 and 예요 but it is MORE formal.

입니다 is used when the proceeding word ends in a consonant. ㅂ니다 is used when the proceeding word ends in a vowel.

 

 

Example: 

입니다

 

연필입니다

(Yeon-Pil-Im-Ni-Da)

Pencil To Be/To Exist

It is a pencil

 

 

 

ㅂ니다

 

타콤니다

(Ta-Kom-Ni-Da)

Taco To Be/To Exist

It is a taco

 

 

 

 

Very easy, right?

It's hard when you first start out to differentiate them both, however, when you become more experienced, 누워서 떡먹기죠 or it's a piece of cake!

 

 


 

Extra

To make any of these negative, just put the 아니 or 안 in front of the verb!

 

 

아닙니다

(A-Nim-Ni-Da)

To Not Be (very formal)

It's not

 

아니에요

(A-Ni-E-Yo)

To Not Be (formal)

It's not

 

 


 

 

 

SIMPLE Sentence structures and Subject Particles - Used in Everyday Korean~

 

 

 

So let's review today's lesson.

There are four ways to say To Be/To Exist. 

Two of them are very formal and two of them are simply formal.

The simply formal ones are:

이에요 is used when the proceeding word ends in a consonant. 예요 is used when the proceeding word ends in a vowel.

The very formal ones are:

입니다 is used when the proceeding word ends in a consonant. -ㅂ니다 is used when the proceeding word ends in a vowel.

 

 

To make this negative, just put in front of it: 아니

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

 

On last night's homework, there was a most missed question  many people got wrong...

In fact, no one received a 100%.

The highest scorers are:

 

 

minny--, kpopislove_angeleen, wasteland, mostvaluablepeasant and velvetcupcaked

 

 

잘 했어

Good job

(jal haess-eo)

잘 (Good) 했어 (Do - past tense)

 

 

 

Find the homework at quizstar!

 

 

On last night's homework, the most missed question was:

None.

 

 

Good job!

 

 

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