"남자가 길에서 섭니다."
Translation:The man stands up in the street.
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Both 길에서 and 길에 are acceptable? I know that the first means from the and the second from (roughly) but in the past question it translated 학생들이 길에 섭니다 as "The students stand in the street"
길에 , would be used to convey location--as to say the students are standing (and doing nothing else) in the street. 길에서 would be used if they are kneeling or sitting and then stand up. The duolingo app does a lousy job of explaining this concept.
If you were in Korea and used either, people would understand you.
길에서 would make more sense if you were to say that they were jumping in the street. The marker 에서 is used with verbs describing action.
I hope that this helps.
The man in the streets stands up. = 길에 있는 남자가 섭니다.
It's not exactly the same, even if it describes the same thing.
Same, not sure if there's a semantic difference or if the set answers are just missing this one
The verb is 서다.
- Formal: 섭니다
- Polite: 서요
- Casual: 서
- Written: 선다
Edit: Corrected a typo on the polite and casual conjugations.
'섭니다' is inappropriate but you can use '서있다' to express continuous present
이/가 is the subject marking particle and is used to define the subject of the sentence. It is used instead of the object marking particle (을/를) because the verb is being performed by the subject. You use the object marking particle to define what the verb is acting on. For example... "The man eats kimchi" would be "남자가 김치를 먹습니다". Kimchi is the object being eaten (or acted upon by the verb), the person eating it is the subject.
Korean particles are hard. There are:
는/은 이/가 을/를 과/와
and there are so many more.
What part of "길에서" translates to "street" and what indicates "in the?"
길 = street. 에서 = is the particle for indicate "in the".. i think. Sorry, i don't speak English ;-;
길 = street. 에서 = is the particle for indicate "in the".. i think. Sorry, i don't speak English ;-;
Can someone please tell me when you pronounce "ㄹ" as a "R" and when as a "L"
Yashika782579 I was told the sound it makes is similar to both the "R" and "L" sound
I said the man stands in the road and got it wrong .. is road and street 2 different words in korean?
It should be correct, flag it if its still wrong.
길 can mean "path", "road", or "street".
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ko/regular-verbs/tips-and-notes
- With verbs of motion: ~에/에서 = "to"/"from"
- With stationary verbs: ~에/에서 = "where the sentence takes place"/"where the action takes place"
"The man stand" is improper English, which is why it wasn't accepted.
If you change "stand" to "stands", then it would be grammatically correct.
I don't know why but in the sound example I have on here, the man thats reading it out sounds like his voice cracks on the 섭니다
You mean why it suggests "stands up" instead of "stands"?
I believe it accepts both, since they're the same in Korean.
Thank you. In English, "stands up" indicates that someone goes from a lying or sitting position to a standing position, where "stands" by itself indicates only that someone is in a standing position. Is there a way to distinguish these in Korean?
If one wanted to specifically say that the is standing after having gotten up, that would be "일어서다" instead of "서다" that's used in this sentence.
Although, "stands up" could just refer to someone standing upright. ;)
It's unrelated to the example above, but삽니다 is the formal conjugation of 사다. 삽니다 is written as "sabnida" but is spoken like "samnida".
사다 has multiple meanings. It usually means "buy/purchase". It can also mean "win/gain someone's favor". And can also mean "value/recognize/praise something".
Because "The man stand" is incorrect English grammar. It must be "stands".
If I write the answer without any mistake, why Duo mark it as wrong? 04/11/21
Yo im not English and I'm so confused on where should I put "s" and were not to...
