"Dogs are clever."

Translation:개는 영리합니다.

September 10, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/UsamaBinMamun

What's the difference between 영리합니다 and 똑똑합니다 ? I mean, I think being smart and being clever is sort of the same thing. Isn't it?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RakuEn6

Yeah they speak in Korean, dance and sing


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Lillitu

Wouldn't it be 게들? Because it says "The dogs" so it's plural?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Druckles

General sentences about things generally don't use the (optional) plural marker.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/t0Sh5

게들 is crabs :) but to answer your question it is commonly omitted. unless you want to emphasise a certain amount


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/assssss161

I was thinking the same thing


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sweetlighthouse

There is a 개는 instead of 개가


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Fizahid

How is it pronounced? I always hear yeongliamnida or yeongmiamnida but in the written form it is yeongriamnida


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mhin1

영리합니다 is romanized as "yeong-ri-ham-ni-da". But ㅎ is almost silent when between two vowels.

Other ㅎ changes:

  • When ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ, and ㅈare located before or after ㅎ, the consonant becomes aspirated: ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅍ, and ㅊ.

  • ㅎ + ㅅ =ㅆ

  • ㅅ + ㅎ = ㅌ


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Moeeza12

When do you use 까?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/muanui

When you make the question " are the dogs clever?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jxnalys

까 is used for posing a question


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SyneryMony

Is ㄹ silent in 영리합니다? Is ㄹ always silent after ㅇ?

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