"The singer gets a present from me."

Translation: 가수는 저에게서 선물을 받습니다.

[Esther528279]

They would, if they did fansigns in America. ;c

[mungIette]

BAHAHAHA

[KihyunCheonSa]

exactly

[jxnalys]

that hurted

[btopps]

Does the order of "a present" and "from me" matter? I reversed them and was marked wrong, just not sure if Korean grammar is flexible on positioning.

[wintertriangles]

As a general rule it's best to just reverse the order that you're used to. The singer me from present gets. There are numerous things in Korean grammar that are flexible, for instance adverbs of frequency, they don't have a single place to be used, but you'll notice which things are flexible as you progress.

[Ollie-Benson]

Rather than just reverising the whole thing, I think of it like this:

가수는 저에게서 선물을 받습니다 - The singer gets a present from me.

• Subject goes at the front: 가수는 - The singer
• Then the indirect object goes second i.e. who it's from: 저에게서 - From me
• Then the actual object in the sentence: 선물을 - A present
• Verb goes at the end: 받습니다 - Gets

I guess you could just reverse the sentence, but I think it helps understanding how the grammar actually works. Hope that helps.

[Hamza715817]

You look like the singer guy from The Witcher

[FirdausJuzup]

Nice. The formula: SOV or S(IO)(DO)V

[Javvszx]

I think it's flexible as long as the particles are correct

[Peter474567]

How come it's 가수는 and not 가수가 when it's >the< singer?
And when do I use 에게서 instead of 에게?

[carmenmsouza]

You cant think of 는/은 and 이/가 as a/an/the, this is not exactly how it works.
는/은 marks the subject in a sentence (who does the action) and 이/가 mark the object in a sentence (to whom the action happens). They're not clauses

[Ollie-Benson]

I heard that it works like this as well:

• 는 - Topic marker, used after a vowel e.g. 여자는 - A woman. Used when making a general statement e.g. An apple is a fruit.
• 은 - Topic marker, after a consonant e.g. 연필은 - A pencil.
• 가 - Subject marker, used after a vowel e.g. 학교가 - The school
• 이 - Subject marker, used after a consonant e.g. 연필이 - The pencil. Used when you're talking about something specific e.g. THE pencil is a thing.

[feyMorgaina]

You're correct about which is the subject and which is the topic marker/particle. However, "a woman" can be a subject or a topic, and vice versa with "the woman". There is no definite article ("the") or indefinite article ("a" or "an") in Korean, and the definite and indefinite articles in English don't equate to the Korean subject or topic marker. Both "a women" and "the women" will get the subject marker in the following two sentences: "a woman walks down the street" and "the women walks down the street" (unless someone decided that "a woman" or "the women" is a topic). The topic marker will be confusing for some people if they are not familiar with topicalization. The basic idea is that something can become the topic in a sentence and will then get the topic marker. For example, I could say in English "I gave the cat food" and you could translate that into Korean using the subject marker with "I" and object market for "food", but you could also give the topic marker to "food" or "the cat".

[DickEverhard]

Mixed it up a bit, I think. 이/가 marks the subject (not the object), 는/은 marks the topic (not the subject). Often (but not always) they can be used interchangebly.

[feyMorgaina]

If I remember what I already learned about Korean, 에게서 is used for people. I don't remember 에게. 에서 is used for everything but people, I believe.

[mhin1]

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ko/regular-verbs/tips-and-notes

• ~에게 = to someone

• ~에게서 = from someone

[Casadecameron]

I belivev는 ≠ the - while 가 ≠ a

[montsechic]

Since when 저에게서 is "me"?

[xMichelex]

저 is the formal version of "I;me", and 에게서 means "from", so put together it's "from me"

[blancajams]

in a lot of language, there are various words that hold the same meaning used for different scenarios. Korean language is a language that has like 7 words for 1 meaning.

[George526247]

Nope. Same thing happens in most languages.

[Fabiola_Mac]

My answer was right, but it says I have a typo 'cause it should be 나에게서 instead of 저에게서.
Is it 저에게서 not right?

[Thara858244]

Can someone pls explain this to me, i actually got it right by luck

[SI0HI]

The singer - me(from) - present- receives

[Thara858244]

Y does the singer comes befre the i

[Caio862228]

Cause the singer is the subject of the sentence. The action is directed towards him. And in Korean the subject always (at least until now) comes first. Then the object, and lastly the verb

[manal353438]

finally someone's being nice to the singer

[arshabc]

Any army
Hi army

[SofiaArana16]

Esta estuvo difícil ; - ; pero lo logré

[gayestgay]

this seems like a hentai plot