Grammar Flashcards
What is Korean word order?
Subject - Object - Verb
or
Subject - Adjective
When is 는 used?
When the last syllable of the subject is a vowel.
When is 은 used?
When the last syllable of the subject is a constant.
What particle is used if the last syllable of the subject is a vowel?
는
What particle is used if the last syllable of the subject is a constant?
은
When is 를 used?
When the last syllable of the object is a vowel.
When is 을 used?
When the last syllable of the object is a constant.
What particle is used if the last syllable of the object is a vowel?
를
What particle is used if the last syllable of the object is a constant?
을
With what word are the words: are, is, am, was, and were represented in Korean?
이다
What does 이다 mean?
To be.
What is 이다 not used to indicate?
That something ‘is’ an adjective.
What does 이다 indicate?
That a noun is a noun.
What would 이다 attach to in the sentence: I am a man?
It attaches to the second noun.
What can’t 이다 act on?
The object.
Where does 이 go in a sentence?
Before the noun it is describing.
When is 그 used?
그 is used when speaking about something from a previous sentence or context, regardless if you can see it or not.
When is 저 used?
저 is used for something that we can see but cannot touch because it too far away.
Where are 그 and 저 placed in a sentence?
Before the noun they describe.
When are 이 and 가 used?
In place of 를 and 을 when 있다 is in the sentence.
What particle follows the object if the last syllable ends with a vowel in a sentence with 있다?
이
What particle follows the object if the last syllable ends with a constant in a sentence with 있다?
가
What do 를 and 을 not indicate and what is used instead?
The object a person “has.” Instead, 이 and 가 are used.
What particle is used to denote a place or time?
에 is used to denote a place and time.
What words does 에 attach to show where a noun is with respect to another noun?
안, 위, 밑, 옆, 뒤, and 앞.
When 에 is used with 있다 what does it indicate?
The location of someone or something.
What part of speech is 있다?
Adjective.
What is the difference between 는 and 은 and 이 and 가?
는 and 은 compare two things, whereas 이 and 가 don’t.
When can 안 be omitted?
When the location being described happens to be “inside” of something.
