Lesson 2: Object Marking Particles

Question 1

What do object marking particles do?

Answer 1

They create a relation to the verb in the sentence

Question 2

What are transitive verbs?

Answer 2

Verbs which need a direct object

Question 3

What are intransitive verbs?

Answer 3

Verbs which do not require a direct object

Question 4

지갑

Answer 4

wallet

Question 5

True or False: The distinction between transitive and intransitive is not as strong in Korean as in English or other languages

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Which object marking particle is used after a noun that ends in a consonant?

Answer 6

-을

Question 7

Which object marking particle is used after a noun that ends in a vowel?

Answer 7

-를

Question 8

방

Answer 8

room

Question 9

What else do object marking particles do?

Answer 9

They help readers/listeners predict the direct object of the verb, meaning that the verb’s action will be directly transferred to the object

Question 10

사과를 먹었어요?

Answer 10

Did you eat an apple?

Question 11

What does it mean when you add subject marking particles (이/가) instead of object marking particles to a word?

Answer 11

That the verb will be about the object, and that no action is being directly transferred to the object

Question 12

In Korean, adjectives are also known as what?

Answer 12

Descriptive verbs

Question 13

사과가 떨어졌어요

Answer 13

The apple fell

Question 14

Review: What happens when you add topic marking particles (은/는) to an object?

Answer 14

It lets the reader/listener know that you’re making a comparison to something else, or that the object is being brought up in the conversation for the first time

Question 15

When can particles be dropped in Korean sentences?

Answer 15

If the meaning is clearly understood, for ease of pronunciation, or for the sake of shortening the sentence

Question 16

What are the two ways you can say “Are you buying an apple?” in Korean?

Answer 16

사과를 사요? and 사과 사요?

Question 17

What are the two ways you can say “This apple is delicious.” in Korean?

Answer 17

이 사과가 맛있어요 and 이 사과 맛있어요

Question 18

When do you need to use object or subject marking particles?

Answer 18

When you want to clarify the relationship between the object or subject and the verb

Question 19

True or False: When the object or subject is close to the verb, it doesn’t make a difference if you use or omit the particles because the meaning is still the same

Answer 19

True

Question 20

When is it absolutely necessary to use these particles?

Answer 20

When the sentences become longer, when there are more elements to the sentence, when the word order changes, or when the object/subject gets further away from the verb

Question 21

누구 만났어요?

Answer 21

Who did you meet?

Question 22

What do “어제 여기에서 누구를 만났어요?” and “어제 누구를 여기에서 만났어요?” mean?

Answer 22

Who did you meet here yesterday?

Question 23

텔레비전 자주 봐요?

Answer 23

Do you watch TV often?

Question 24

What do “일주일에 몇 번 텔레비전 봐요?” and “텔레비전을 일주일에 몇 번 봐요?” mean?

Answer 24

How many times a week do you watch TV?

Question 25

잃어버렸어요

Answer 25

I have lost, did you lose, etc.

Question 26

잘 모르겠어요

Answer 26

I’m not sure/I don’t know