Lesson 2 Flashcards
A: 지갑 찾았어요?
B: 네. 찾았어요.
A: wallet found?
B: yes. Found
- 을
- 를
Object marking particles
- 을
Noun ending in consonant
- 를
Noun ending in vowel
모자
Hat
카메라
Camera
When apple is wrote like 사과를 one can …
Predict 사과 is the direct OBJECT of the verb in the sentence meaning the verbs ACTION will be directly transferred to the 사과
사과를 사요?
Are you buying an apple?
When adding -가 particle to 사과…
It becomes the SUBJECT of the sentence meaning the verb will be ABOUT the 사과 (absolutely NO action is being directly transferred to the 사과)
이 사과가 맛있어요
This apple is delicious
사과가 떨어졌어요
The apple fell
Adding - 는 to create 사과는, the reader/listener knows that …
사과 will be compared to something else or that 사과 is being brought up in the conversation for the first time.
사과를 사요? ->
이 사과가 맛있어요 ->
사과 사요?
이 사과 맛있어요
When do I need to use object or subject marking particles?
They are used when needing/wanting to clarify the relationship between the object or the subject and the verb.
When the object or subject is close to the verb, such as in the sentences before, using a particle or omitting it does not make much of a difference since the meaning is still the same. However, when the sentence becomes longer, there are more elements, the word order can change and the object or subject gets further away from the verb. Using a particle is absolutely necessary in this situation to clarify meaning.
만났어요.
= ???
-> 만났어요?
= ???
-> 누구 만났어요?
= ???
-> 어제 여기에서 누구(를) 만났어요?
= ???
-> 어제 누구를 여기에서 만났어요?
= ???I met
Did you meet?
Who did you meet?
Who did you meet here yesterday?
WHO did you meet here yesterday?
텔레비전 봐요.
= ???
-> 텔레비전 봐요?
= ???
-> 텔레비전 자주 봐요?
= ???
-> 일주일에 몇 번 텔레비전 봐요?
= ???
-> 텔레비전(을) 일주일에 몇 번 봐요?
= ???I watch tv
Do you watch tv?
Do you watch tv often?
How many times per week do you watch tv?
How many times a week do you watch tv?
A: 핸드폰을 잃어버렸어요
B: 어디에서 잃어버렸어요?
A: 잘 모르겠어요.
A: I have lost my cell phone
B: where did you lose it?
A: I am not sure
왜
Why
자주
Often
지갑
Wallet
이싱하다
To be strange
너무도
Too (much); very
자전거
Bicycle
타다
to ride
화장실
restroom, bathroom
옷
clothes
오늘 날씨(?) 너무 좋아요.
가
자전거(?) 탈 거예요.
를
화장실(?) 어디예요?
이
옷(?) 예뻐요.
이
밥(?) 많이 먹었어요
을
