"남자가 한국에 있습니다."
Translation:The man is in Korea.
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Why do they put the 가 behind 남자? Whats its purpose? Can anyone explain?
It's a subject marker. It means "man" is the subject of the sentence. Since 남자 ends in a vowel, ㅏ, you add 가. 남자가. For a word like 연필 (pencil), since it ends in a consonant, ㄹ, you would add 이. 연필이.
가/이 Its a subjects tool so that you can define the words.. 이 comes with silent letters at the end of the last word.. 가 comes with values at the end of the last word..
가 is a particle so it basically is like "is" or "the" since Korean does not have an exact word for "the", like Chinese or Japanese.
I think if they refer to a nationality they use 사람. Like 미국 살림 is American.
If you see, Korean (in settings of practically anything) is listed as 한극어 and Korea is 한극.
Okay, why are like so many people learning Korean just because of BTS? There's nothing wrong with it really, I'm learning Korean to understand variety shows but do you have to mention them like, half of the time?
BTS is very influential. I wonder the same thing though, lol. I enjoy learning Asian languages because i find them fascinating.
yes. to have or to be in a location. on this case means to be somewhere, this why they used the location marker 에
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Basically ~에 is where something is located and ~에서 is where an action takes place. They can mean to and from with verbs of motion (e.g. 가다). Checkout the tips and notes for this Duolingo skill on the mobile/desktop website.
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Depends on the verb. If it's a motion verb (e.g. 가다), then ~에 means to and ~에서 means from. Otherwise ~에 is where something is located and ~에서 where an action takes place. Checkout the tips and notes for this Duolingo skill on the mobile/desktop website.
Can this also be written as "남자는 한국에 있습니다"? If so, is there any difference in meaning between the two options?
This confuses me... If 남자가 is "the man", and 한곡 is "korea", 에 has something to do with location. What does the rest mean?
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*한국 and yes -에 is the location particle. 있다 means roughly "to be" in the sense of "existing" so this sentence roughly translates to "the man is in Korea". I'd recommend taking a look at the tips & notes for the Basics 2 skill found on the mobile/desktop Duolingo website (not available from the app unfortunately)
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Also one thing I should note, as it confuses a lot of folks, if there's a topic specified, then A는 B가 있다 more literally translates to "Regarding A, B exists" which in meaning is best translated as "A has B". Again, take a look at the tips and notes.
Y is this one in this order but to say "i am not in korea" its "한극에 조는 없습니다" ? Wouldnt korea come before the man??
I don't get it, from what i understood doesn't sentence means "there is man in Korea" ? Can anyone explain?
can i write 한국에 남자가 있습니다 instead of 남자가 한국에 있습니다 ??? (can i just switch 남자가 and 한국에 whenever i like? so, it means that there is no rule for that?
Can anyone tell me how do we not know this means "The man is Korean" im confused can anyone help?
Я конечно понимаю, но почему тут все пишут про арми а не про то, что они не поняли? Лол
How do you properly use 가 and 이 in a sentence? Like where is the 'in' in the sentence? HOW?
Duolingo translated it wrong. 남자가 한국에 없습니다. = Tha man is not in Korea. (True)
SUBJECT 이,가 when something ends on a,u,i,e,o we add 가 to subject.when something ends on k,l,d,ect we add 이. OBJECT 을,를 When something ends on a,e,i,o,u we add 를,when something ends on h,j,v,l ect we add을 to object.
There's nothing to be confused about that : 남자 (namja) means Man 가 (ga) is a subject marker i.e 'the' most commonly 한국(Hanguk : 'k' because 2nd ㄱ is a Batchim) means Korea 에(e) is a location marker and 있습니다 (isseubnida; while having conversation 습 i.e seub sounds like 슴 i.e seum ) has many meanings according to the situation in which it is used like in the given sentence it is used to tell the location of a particular man.
