"A house or a book"
Translation:집 또는 책
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A more common way to say or between nouns is -(이)나 . 여자나 남자. https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-3-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-3-lessons-51-58/lesson-58/
If the last syllable ends with a final vowel you use -나. Example as written above: 여자나 남자 (because 자 ends with the vowel ㅏ).
If it ends with a final consonant you write -이나. Example: 책이나 연필 (because 책 ends with the consonant ㄱ).
The same goes for many other endings like -(으)로 meaning by/with a. Example: 핸드폰으로 and 차로.
Note that when using -(으)로 there's an exception so you'll still only use -로 if the final consonant is ㄹ. Example: 연필로.
This is my first time explaining so I'm sorry if I made it too complex to understand. I've included links to the websites I used below.
For -(이)나 talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/l6l18
For -(으)로 www.learnkoreanlp.com/2008/08/particles_30.html?m=1
Why is 또는 separated by spaces on both sides, but any type of "and" is attached to the first word? (와/하고/etc)
i've legit wrote down every definition i get, but somehow I'm still answering incorrectly :')
For anyone wondering the first character means 'house', the middle two mean 'or', and the last one means 'book'.
Hey, I noticed that I wrote "home" for 집 in the translations before, and it was right, but now 집 is house? So are both translations, home and house right or is Duolingo wrong? (I'm sorry, my english isn't the best, but I hope someone understands what I'm asking)
I think 집 means both, because Koreans (and other Asian languages) refer to their house as home. Literal translation is probably house though!
I think, this question is often said in korea. Because both sounds the same. lol
I guess the home is like the "ee" in words like "deep" and book is like "a" in words like "apple". But I'm not sure about that, it's just how I memorized
I'd say they're very similar to jeep and check, but more like jeeb and chek
I am still not understanding some of the words sometimes it is right and sometimes it's sounds different or meaning is also differ from the sentence.HOW?
We are missing some many usefull grammar at this point. I feel korean is lacking compared to other languages in duo. Just imagine Yoda talking. - Sentence structure: Subject(subject marker) topic(topic marker) verb (politness marker). - And: ~과 (gwa) (place at the end of the noun) - Or: 또는 (ttoneun) -subject marker: ~이 or ~가 (add the the subject, consonant or vowel ending) -topic marker: ~은 or ~는 (add the the topic, consonant or vowel ending) - verb conjugation politeness (add after verb): 1. Super friendly: no ending added 2. Standard: ~요 (~yo) 3. super polite: ~니다 (nida) -Some letters have 2 sounds depending where they are in the syllable block and in the word.(ex:ㅈ,ㅍ,ㅂ...) -A word i at leat 1 block of 2 letters. A block can have up to 4 letters( i havnt seen more atm) -A word is always consonant, vowel, consonant... Or vowel, consonant, vowel... - A phrase can become a question with voice intonation, no question word needed.
