"I sit."

Translation: 저는 앉습니다.

[LiKenun]

Pronunciation of different forms:

• 앉다→[안따]

• 앉아요→[안자요]

• 앉습니다→[안씀니다]

Notice how the ㅈ surfaces when the following syllable does not begin with a consonant.

[deactivated user]

Thank you!

[amanda.pagnozzi]

Thanks a lot!

[jam51728]

NICE.

[jam51728]

DUDE. YOU ARE NOT A BAD CREDIT. MAN

[James917737]

This is very useful. Duolingo does a lot, but it really glosses over phonotactics, which hinders learning pronunciation, especially in a language like Korean.

[xtasis8]

Thank you! :)

[Urs0o]

thank you so much!! T_T

[Kiril_KR]

Please explain why 앉습 is pronounced as 안씀 in this context. Why did ㅂ became ㅁ?

[deactivated user]

ㅂ + ㄴ = ㅁ that's the rule. The reason is, you may find it easier to pronounce like that. Seum-ni, instead of seub-ni

[jam51728]

I'm. Speechless v happy

[SmrtChka]

Thanks for this!

[DSW891319]

I think the ㅈ in 앉습니다 is a chair for ㅏto sit on

[ErikaSemen]

How are we supposed to know how to translate something that hasn't been taught yet?

[Christian_Leo]

Tap on the new words and you can see

[bobbieness]

Could someone please explain why it isn't "제 앉아요"? Doesn't that also mean "I sit", but is just more colloquial?

[AdrianaArg701857]

yes. it's just that Duolingo teaches 합쇼체 before they teach 해요체.

[slycordinator]

The colloquial form would be "제가 안자요."

Used on its own, 제 would mean "my" even colloquially.

[Solo_Polo777]

Can this mean "I am sitting" too?

[Ash-Fred]

Yes.

[e.v14]

Unconjugated, wouldn't this be 앉시다, and you can't use 시 when talking about yourself? Or is the ㅅ in -(ㅅ/습)니다 different from the ㅅ in -세요?

[slycordinator]

I think they're going for "앉다" instead of "앉히다".

[PranaWulan]

Formal and non-formal matters

[Alex531312]

That is literally what I typed

[wali_shazia_2803]

When to use 저는 nd whrn to use 나는??

[slycordinator]

나 is the informal word for I that you use with friends and people "lower" than you in the social hierarchy.

저 is the more respectful/formal word.