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"The child sleeps."
Translation:아이는 잠잡니다.
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How come "The man sleeps" is 남자가 잠을 잡니다 yet "The child sleeps" is 아이는 잠잡니다 Why the two different endings ??
The 을 / 를 is called the object marker and marks the object of a sentence. In short sentences like these, it is not mandatory and can be omitted.
는 is a topic marker, marking what the sentence is about. 가 is a subject marker, marking the subject of a sentence (the word that is being acted upon by the verb). There can be cases, like this one, that both of these markers can refer to the same thing. But since the sentence "아이는 잠잡니다" is simple with only the noun (child) and verb (sleeps), it is not necessary to mark 아이 with 가 because it is obvious that child is the subject of the sentence, there is no other possible subject. However if you wanted to put extra emphasis on the child I believe you could use 가 in place of 는.
I hope this clarified. If anyone else has anything to add feel free.
I've completed the Korean course in Duolingo and have a 178 day streak in Korean specifically and I didn't understand 이/가 and 은/는 until I saw this comment just now. Thank you.
Hi Jennifer. After completing the Korean course do you feel like you can understand a lot more of the language or even be able to communicate with locals, watch dramas and understand a large part of what is spoken, etc? In approximately 200 days from now I will be visiting Korea and I would like to be able to communicate using the language. I'm currently on a 10 day streak.
I would think, as a beginner, that both are correct. I think using 는 over 가 would be a matter of conversational context. Looking forward to a solid and knowledgeable answer. Good question.
Yes, it does. 잠 means sleep. It is an expression like "die a death" or "live a life" in English, but 잠자다, 춤추다 etc. are very commonly said in Korean.
Why is it 잠잡니디 and not 잡니디? The second form was used for "the child sleeps" and it was ok!
는 is a topic marker, marking what the sentence is about. 가 is a subject marker, marking the subject of a sentence (the word that is being acted upon by the verb). There can be cases, like this one, that both of these markers can refer to the same thing. But since the sentence "아이는 잠잡니다" is simple with only the noun (child) and verb (sleeps), it is not necessary to mark 아이 with 가 because it is obvious that child is the subject of the sentence, there is no other possible subject. However if you wanted to put extra emphasis on the child I believe you could use 가 in place of 는.
I hope this clarified.
Why is it 잠잡나다 and not 잡나다 ? The second form was used for "the child sleeps" amd it was ok!
How come 아이가 자요 is correct? From all the comments above i see that 잠을 자요 is more used
