Topic: Korean

"제 꿈은 소방관입니다."

Translation:My dream is to become a firefighter.

September 9, 2017

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/LastSeong

    no this is right. you say it different in Korean than you do in English. For example "what is your dream?" would be something like "꿈은 뭐예요?" In korean you don't have to switch the whole sentence around you can literally just switch out "뭐" with what ever you want. In this case"소방관".

    May 6, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/Piktoll

      Isn't this 'my dream is a firefighter'?

      September 9, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/RandomLadybug

        I think it's because -입니다 can also mean 'to be'. So 소방관 (firefighter) + 입니다 (to be) = 소방관입니다 (to be a firefighter)

        March 22, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/BarAdal3
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        입니다 is "to be", but only if the sentence structure is "noun+is/are+noun". What you mean is probably 되다, which both means to be and to become.

        January 17, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/honeyrbw

          입니다 doesn't mean "to be". If I translate "My dream is to become a firefighter." into Korean directly, it may be "제 꿈은 소방관이 되는 것입니다"

          ~이 되다 = to be

          April 9, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/BarAdal3
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          I wonder why this comment was downvoted four times. This is correct information.

          January 17, 2019
          https://www.duolingo.com/anhhoihp1999

            me too

            October 26, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/ElCion96
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            That should be accepted

            September 12, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/anhhoihp1999

              me too

              October 26, 2017
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