"아이에게 공 한 개를 주십시오."
Translation:Give the child one ball.
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"개" is attached at the end of the word being counted. It is a count word and is used sort of used like pieces in the phrase "Two pieces of chocolate". But Korean just uses it all the time where in English it is only used occasionally.
I know both the use of 개 and 를, but what confuses me is why aren't 공 and the counter together. Why is 한 in between?
I think 한 (one) is supposed to be right in front of the number marker or the "count word" in the comment mentioned above. For example:
저는 사과 두 개를 먹어요. I'm not sure if i'm completely right, but this is my guess.
I had a hard time answering this because every time i see "개를" or "개", my brain automatically translates it as "dog". I just love dogs :D
Interestingly, the use of the word '주세요' perfectly matches with the Japanese word 'kudasai'. Both words could mean both 'please' and 'give me'.
Mrittik and rose, this 개 is not dog. It is counter 한 개 두 개 세 개........ 1 2 3 ......
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You know that but fif a newcomer that's highly confusing because it fits into the sentence. I have understood that " The dog gives a ball to the child". Maybe for this part a description should be introduced like in the Spanish course.
개 is a counter for the ball (공 한 개 object-number-counter) and 를 is the object particle since you are giving the ball (object)
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I wonder if this is perhaps related to the Chinese 个 (gè) which is the default measure word placed after a number defining the amount of a given noun.
주십시오 is like the equivalent to giveth. The term 주십시오 is only used in historical dramas or in sarcasm. Kinda weird that duolingo has this as sample sentence
This phrase exemplifies why Duolingo on mobile sucks ass. It introduces grammatical points without explaining them. So lame.
Yes, that's how clauses with transitive verbs work in English; you can drop the preposition between the verb and its indirect object if both appear before the direct object in the sentence. "Give a ball to the kid" but "Give the kid a ball".
A native English speaker will intuitively understand the word order as meaning the verb is ditransitive, the first noun is the indirect object, and the second noun is the direct object. "Give him a donut", "pass the lady her change", "throw the dog a bone". You need to add "to" before the indirect object if it comes after the direct object to signal that the word order has changed.
에게/한테 is the dative marker; it is attached to the word at which the verb in the sentence is directed, i.e. whatever or whoever the verb is being done to. In this sentence, 아이 is being given 주다 something, so it is marked with -에게. 가/이 is the subject marker; this sentence is an imperative clause, a command, so the subject would be the listener (i.e., "You, give the child a ball," 'you' is the subject). In these kinds of sentences, the subject is often omitted, as it is implied in the structure of the sentence.
