"A man is a person."
Translation:남자는 사람입니다.
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Is it me or does Duolingo barely offer the appropiate help needed to understand Korean? What characters portray "is a"? "Person" comes before "is a", I suppose, yet why? Are there any rules? I need to find someone who speaks direct Korean to help me. We are learning about whole sentences when we werent even taught what "Hello" is.
So basically, In English : Subject-> Verb-> Object In Korean Subject-> Object-> Verb Sub 은/는 + Obj 을를 + Verb 입니다/습니다
You learn all of that through practice. Unfortunately korean is a grammar heavy language and i think explanation is needed. It will come maybe in a new update.
just so you know, duolingo is not effecient for learning the grammatical principles. if you're just starting out with korean you need to use some sort of curriculum too to get familiar with the grammar. duolingo is only good for memorization and practicing. i recommend howtostudykorean.com its free and extremely helpful and in depth!
I just had this question directly after "the apple is a food" and the comments under said that 기 is an object marker and 는 is a aubject marker. But in English those two sentences both just have subjects and no objects.
Now I'm thinking that subjects and objects are different in Korean and English
이/가 are subject markers. 은/는 are topic markers.
I don't think the object markers 을/를 have been used in any sentences up til this lesson.
But I agree, the idea of subject vs topic isn't clear in English...we don't have words that function like 이/가 or 은/는.
this site explains the difference well imo
http://koreanheyo.blogspot.ca/2010/07/difference-between-subject-marker-and.html?m=1
As far as I know, the topic is the general thing being discussed, while the subject is part of the grammatical structure of the sentence (as in subject and predicate). It gets confusing because topic and subject can have the same meaning in certain contexts but the "subject" here is the grammar definition.
http://koreanheyo.blogspot.ca/2010/07/difference-between-subject-marker-and.html?m=1
this site explains it well imo
comparing korean with english or with any language is a huge mistake. every language is different and has its own grammar
This is probably a very late reply, but if you use 가 you're saying that 'this' man in marticular is a person. At least that's what I think.
To learn a language i will suggest you to not only rely on Duolingo use other mediums as well like YouTube, websites etc .
as far as i know, 들(d-eu-l) is the plural for man and woman, and if we translate it; 남자 = Man 남자들 = Men same with Woman 여자 = Woman 여자들 = Women
What's the difference between using 은 and 는 ? Does it depend if the previous word ends in a vowel or consonant? I'm very confused!
I can't believe i am learning korean just for BTS. It sounds crazy but i am loving being crazy in this way.
사람 = person/people -입니다 = is/am/are 사람입니다 = is person So yes you're correct!
