Korean Markers for Nouns

Question 1

1) Special particle

2) indicates limitation with respect to nouns

Answer 1

~만 (2)

Question 2

1) Case particle

2) marks the animate indirect object of the sentence, corresponding with “to” in English.

Answer 2

~한테 (casual)
~에게 (polite)
~께 (formal)
(2)

Question 3

1) Case particle

2) marks an animate source, corresponding to “from” in English

Answer 3

~한테(서) (informal)
~에게(서) (polite/formal)
(2)

Question 4

1) Special particle

2) has the meaning of “too/as well/even/also”

3) has the meaning of “either” in negative sentences

Answer 4

~도 (3)

Question 5

1) Case particle

2) indicates direction “to” or “toward”

3) indicates that the preceding noun is a selection from several options.

4) It attaches to the change of state

5) It attaches to a cause or reason

6) indicates that the noun it attaches to is a tool or an instrument.

7) If somebody does an action in line with a bunch of other people, you can use ~(으)로 to indicate the order something is done by attaching it to a number + 번째

Answer 5

~(으)로 (7)

Question 6

1) Case particle

2) subject marker

2) stress on the fact that it was that particular subject that did the action

3) express new information in a sentence, that is, introduce a new topic

4) used to describe a specific situation that (usually) the speaker just realized or observed.

5) marks the information being negated in negation

Answer 6

~이/가 (5)

Question 7

1) Case particle

2) refers to a noun that experiences the action indicated by the verb

Answer 7

~을/를 (2)

Question 8

1) Case particle

2) shows ownership

3) can be attached to words that commonly describe nouns (like adjectives) but are inherently not adjectives (not commonly used in speech)

Answer 8

~의 (3)

Question 9

1) Case particle

2) marks the static location, corresponding to “in”, “at” or “on”

3) marks the time noun, corresponding to “in”, “at” or “on”

4) expresses the goal of the action (inanimate objects or destinations)

5) used to indicate ‘per’ noun it is attached to

Answer 9

~에 (5)

Question 10

1) Case particle

2) marks the location of an action or description
e.g. I was cold at SCHOOL

3) marks the source of action, has the meaning “from”

Answer 10

~에서 (3)

Question 11

1) Special particle

2) indicate a beginning temporal point for time or place (mostly time)
(attach to time word)

Answer 11

~부터 (2)

Question 12

1) Special particle

2) topic marker - emphasis is on the topic not the subject

3) when referring to something mentioned earlier in a conversation

4) contrasting two things - is attached to both things that are being compared

5) indicate a general fact or statement.

Answer 12

~은/는 (5)

Question 13

1) When the particle is used with a temporal noun, it indicates an ending temporal point

2) has the meaning of “to”, “up to”, “until” or “as far as” in English

3) When it is used with a non-place or a non-time noun, the particle means “including (even)”

Answer 13

~까지 (2)

Question 14

1) Case particle

2) more than

Answer 14

~보다

Question 15

1) Special particle

2) makes nouns plural (only used for people)

Answer 15

~들 (2)

Question 16

can be used to indicate that one receives something from a person or non-person

Answer 16

~(으)로부터

Question 17

1) Case particle

2) has the meaning of “and”

3) has the meaning of “with”

Answer 17

~와 (v) /과 (c) (formal)
~랑/이랑 (polite)
~하고 (polite)

Question 18

1) Special particle

2) has the meaning of “each”

Answer 18

~마다 (2)

Question 19

1) Special particle

2) has the meaning of “or something (like that)”, when it is used after a single noun.

3) when used twice in a sentence the speaker is discussing how they feel about the choices.

4) when the particle is used with certain question words, the particle reduces the interrogative meaning of these question words and generalize their meanings
e.g. anywhere, anybody, anytime, anything

5) when the particle is used between two nouns, it simply means “or”

6) when the particle is attached to an expression of quantity, the particle means “as many as”, “as much as” or “up to”. The particle expresses the speaker’s surprise that the quantity of the item is more than the speaker’s expectation.

7) means “about” or “approximately”, when it is used with certain question words, such as 몇(how many) and 얼마(how much).

Answer 19

~(이)나 (7)

Question 20

Where can special particles be used?

Answer 20

1) After a noun
2) After a case particle
3) After an adverb

Question 21

Where can case particles be used?

Answer 21

After a noun

Question 22

1) Case particle

2) has the meaning of “even”

3) used negatively

Answer 22

~마저 and ~조차 (3)

Question 23

1) Case particle

2) used to indicate “only” or “nothing but” in English

3) used negatively

Answer 23

~밖에 (3)

Question 24

1) Case particle

2) has the meaning of “as if” and “like”

Answer 24

~처럼 and ~같이

Question 25

1) Case particle

2) has the meaning of “as much as” or “to the extent to that” in English

Answer 25

~만큼