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"A woman and a man"
Translation:여자와 남자
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Remember, no ending consonant= 와, consonant= 과
고양이와 강아지 cat and dog. 물과 커피. water and coffee. See the ending consonant is ㄹ?
강아지 is puppy, but it's also used as dog pretty frequently because 개 is a curse word as well, kind of like bi**h is a female dog
Think of homographs, spelled same but mean different such as fair, fine, second, and row. You can use them in different ways. Or in the English language there are homophones such as die, dye; brake, break; sea, see which sound the same but different in meaning and spelling.
Almost Final consnant exists "과" (가족(family)과, 사랑(love)과, 우정(friendship)과, 밥(rice)과 ...) Final consnant does not exist "와" (아빠(dad)와, 엄마(mommy)와, 너(you)와 , 등등) "과", "와" means "and"
aaaah thank you so much!! i saw it on the lesson and i couldn't understand the difference
Why learn Korean? The people are amazing--industrious, bright, innovative, with a strong sense of morality, living in a society that honors respect. The country is beautiful as well as prosperous, fluctuating between the 10th and 15th positions for top economies in the world, a huge trading partner of our country. Their film and music industries are cutting edge, enjoyable even without a knowledge of the language, but having some familiarity with the language imcrease the enjoyment exponentially in my opinion.
All excellent reasons to learn this language, though there are many more good reasons to learn languages, and 'just because I want to' is certainly a valid reason. This is one I chose in part for some of the reasons stated. (I'm much more sensible now than I was when I chose to study Russian at 15. Then my choice was 80% because it was the only beginning language course that wasn't at 8am and 20% because I thought it would annoy my dad. Joke was on me. Second-year course wound up being at 8am, and my dad actually approved of my choice.)
Which country is "our country"? Many people around the world are learning Korean here.
In Korea, is used similarly to . My country of Koreans > Our country (우리의 나라, 우리 나라) = means Korea
Well apparently my answer had a typo.I looked and I had chosen the exact same choices the app had said was the correct answer.Is this a bug,am I missing something about the language,or am I just being an idiot like normal?
The particle 와 or 과 is supposed to be connected to the noun before it. So,my guess is that Duolingo gave a "typo" error for spacing, since they were selected separately. It does the same thing to me.
Learning Korean because:
I was inspired by someone attending university in Korea;
to read books and newspapers etc,;
to have conversation with neighbors;
And because learning languages is so much fun!
We people love a lot about communicating and discovering, not just relying on translations, especially if translation leaves out interesting flavor or is maybe incorrect.
Bug: The suggestion for "man" was different than the correct answer
와 means "and"; used after no ending consonant. "여자와" is woman and". 과 means "and"; used after a consonant. 여자들 is the plural form of woman (women)
Then what does 그리고 mean? I was taught it meant "and". Or does it only links actions?
When you write Korean, you have to hang the particles right onto the word before them, without space. If you make a space, the green owl will tell you it is wrong. But after the word-particle combination, then there should be a space before the next word:
저는(space) 여자가(space) 아니다.
I+는(space) woman+가(space) am.
It keeps on saying I have a typo in my answer even though I'm definitely selecting "여자와 남자" I think it means the spacing between 여자 and 와 but I have to click the given words to make an answer, there's no option to actually type so there's not much I can do about that.
Apparently I have a typo, as I chose 여자"와" and not 및. What is the difference between this two?
I think that these types of questions shoud separate the words and have choices between 와 and 과. That way, learners could figure out which one is the right one.
Because "와" is a particle placed directly after the noun, with no space between the two. Duolingo kinda made that more confusing than it had to be
So even if we chose the correct symbols separately to spell it out instead of the premade ones (just trying to make sure I'm using my brain ) it will still be marked as wrong even though it is the same spelling?
'와' and '과' are mostly used for written Korean. In spoken Korean, '랑' is more common "A woman and a man" can be "여자랑 남자" in Korean
Duolingo said I had a typo stating that the 와 That I typed was 잋 although it still said I was correct
I put 들 in my answer, I got it correct, and it said I had a typo! That means it should be wrong!!!!
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I keep seeing "you have a type-o" after completing the exercise. The text is the same. I suspect it's my spacing in the sentence. Thoughts?
Ugh, I just can't learn these sentences. I don't know the pronounciations, what all of the words mean AND I because English isn't my "first" language, I don't kniw what a consonant is! I don't understand~... T-T
There was no typo... how could i possible have a typo when i selected the only options available
와 means and but why is it asking me to write 맞 when i am translating Man and woman to korean. Someone please help.
