"아이들이 말합니다."

Translation: The children talk.

[Zaria96]

Why are there so many different versions of saying speak/talk? And when to use them? Pls help

[MichaelaRo567259]

말 means "words", so 말하다 is used for "to talk" or "to say". 이야기 means "story", so 이야기하다 is more like "to tell". 대화 means "conversation" or "dialogue", so 대화하다 means "to converse".
Hope this helps!

[Ollie-Benson]

For anyone confused, here's all the different ways of saying "Talk" we've learnt in Lesson 4 of Verbs 1:

• 말합니다 - Talk/Speak/Speaks - So according to MichaelaRo567259 this means to talk/to say
• 이야기합니다 - Talk/Speak/Speaks - 이야기 means "story", so 이야기하다 is more like "to tell"
• 대화합니다 - Talk/Converse/Have a conversation - 대화 means "conversation" or "dialogue", so 대화하다 means "to converse"
• 합니다 - Speak/Speaks/Do - Not sure what this one means? According to Google Translate at least; it means "I will".

Hope this helps :-) And hope you don't mind that I've used your comment MichaelaRo567259 to help me create a list of words and their translations in my post: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/31044759

[MichaelaRo567259]

Haha no i don't mind! Thank you for this great summary!
I don't think I agree with google translate on this one though, there is no future tense of "will" in 합니다. The verb 하다 by itself just means "to do", so these verbs literally mean "to do a story", "to do a conversation", etc.

[SantiagoG995235]

now that in this string we're explaining things what is the difference in meaning between 합니다 and 하다.

[Anzz_loves_kook]

하다 is the dictionary version of verb (to do) while 합니다 and it also means (to do) is the high polite or formal speech in korea when you are speaking you don't use 라다 instead you use 합니다 or the other formal & in formal versions
Hope i was helpful
And yeah i love hoseok&seokjinnie

[Kayvaas]

Hi there! 하다 is the base verb, before conjugation, you can think of it as the "dictionary version". 합니다 is the polite present tense of the verb 하다. To get it, you drop the 다 on 하다 to get the verb stem, in this case, 하, then add the formal verb ending 습니다/ㅂ니다 (use 습니다 when the verb stem ends in a consonant and ㅂ니다 when the verb stem ends in a vowel, the "ㅂ" becomes part of the final syllable and does not stand on it's own) to get the formal or polite "합니다". I hope that cleared it up somewhat.

TLDR version; 하다 is the dictionary version meaning "to do" 합니다 is the present tense version meaning "do" as in "I do" or "he does"

[SmrtChka]

Oh my gosh thank you! I've been waiting for someonw to explain! ✌

[dierobed]

How do you know this things???too haaard

[Zaria96]

Thank you for the help

[jang_jeya]

Thank you so much! 김사함니다!

[NLZK98]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[joon-tiddies]

Could Daehwahada be translated as "to chat" ?

[dayzu.ki]

your username is so funny sksks namtiddies
also maybe try not to use romanisation,, it helps to rely on the 한굴 to improve reading skills, but according to the other users, 대화하다 means to converse, as 대화 means conversation so kind of? If converse and chat are synonyms then yeah sure :) hope this helped army!

[haripriyap7]

Great and thanks

[ClassiDuo]

Is "ha" a commonly-used suffix for changing? nouns to verbs in Korean

[JavieraG1]

yes! 하다 (hada) can be attached to some nouns to turn them into verbs. http://talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/l1l22/

[koya426162]

It's not only for speak or talk there are so many words to so many other word

[sirwootalot]

What does the "들이" marker mean? This is the first time I've seen it in the course.

[MichaelaRo567259]

들 means that it is plural - children instead of just child.
이 at the end of a word is the subject particle, meaning "children" is the subject of the sentence. 이 has the same meaning as the particle 가, only 가 is for words that end in a vowel

[EunsaekMaple]

It's just 들 and 이. The two marking particles are just next to each other.

[dpatkat]

들 is plural marker

이 Is topic object

[dpatkat]

CORRECTION: subject 이

Because chilren are doing the action

[gabtherat]

it denotes the plural of the noun

[Ruby845565]

들 makes something specifically plural so saying 남지 들이 means men. And 이 is just a particle, still nit completely sure when to use it haha

[vngdhuyen]

이/가 is a subject marker, indicating the preceding word is the subject of the verb. it sometimes has the function of an object marker when an adjective, acting as a descriptive verb, is ending a sentence, because adjectives cannot take direct objects (을/를).

[Anna132263]

들 means plural noun and 이 is a subject particle for consonant ending.

[Anzz_loves_kook]

Also you need to know that 들 is only used for living things , and 이 is used to mark the subject

[sajex09]

'The children speak' is wrong?

[EricaTamang]

why is "the children speaks" wrong here ??

[reveluvluvluv]

aideuri marhabnida

[jinjinjara92]

I though if ㄹ placed at the last block would be read as l not r?

[JeanHalexm]

How do we know when the translation is Speak or Talk for 말합니다?

[Violeta435663]

Why is kids and no child? I mean, when they show yo the word 아이 they show it lile child not kid

[MiKomprenasVin]

Child and kid are synonyms in English, though they have different connotations (in my area at least), so they're interchangeable.

[vngdhuyen]

I guess that, if you have chosen child you should have written its plural children

[Denysse351437]

Koreans Intresting

[Jolee26778]

My answer should be right but it says wrong

[Garvita649]

Why my this is getting wrong although they both are same

[Butterflyy8273__]

As a rule, we have to speak 말함니다. But do Koreans in everyday conversation talk more 말함니다 or 말하미다? Whenever they speak a word that has ㅂㄴ, I have the impression that they speak only as ㅁ. Could someone explain to me?

[itsSahrishUknow]

What is mean of "Dechweta" in hindi ? Can nobody help me plz

[keep_learning127]

What ??

[AiraCrizelle]

How do you use 들, 가, 를 and 을

[ph.T20P3A]

What is the use of 합니다 ???

[remsedevir]

i feel like i should have asked this somewhat earlier but when do you pronounce ㄹ as "r" and when as "l"???? ;-;

[Evaannn]

"The children say"
이건 왜 안돼요?

[DionisiaMa325243]

I hear bar-hamnida not mar-hamnida.