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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.
Yeah same. My secret husband Jeon Jungkook (he doesn't knows it yet) is there but he's so faaaar away~ ;(
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WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY KEYBOARD!?! WHEN I WRITE A HASHTAG IT JUST MAKES IT INTO A AND THEN IT LETS SOMETHING OUT WTH?
############! If you want to write a symbol, that would somehow disappear, because it has a function (like **...** or _..._) use a \ symbol before!
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.
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"There is a man in Korea." Can't this be interpreted like this?
ps.: I know the sentence might seem silly, but so it is "A man and a pencil" hehe
so true, it has the same meaning and i would rather use is then their sentence, because there is no "the" in korean otherwise it would be something like "i namjaga" or "keu namjaga"
I don't believe so, cause of the subject particle after man which means that he is the main focus of the sentence
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You mean that if I actually want to say "There is a man in Korea" it should be written like this: 남자는 한국에 있습니다 ?
That would translate like "As for a/the man, he is in Korea." which works, but may not need so much focus on the man. 남자가 한국에 있습니다 is sufficient for "There is a man in Korea", and it was accepted for me, as of 26 January 2019.
I don't know if "There are men in Korea" is accepted, but it should be depending on context (남자 doesn't always have to be 남자들 in order to be plural). Honestly, using 남자는 in that sentence could trigger plural as well. "As for men, ..."
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?
yes. to have or to be in a location. on this case means to be somewhere, this why they used the location marker 에
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.
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?
*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)
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?
I don't get it, from what i understood doesn't sentence means "there is man in Korea" ? Can anyone explain?
Can annyone explain to me my the sentence is like 남 자자 한 국 에 있습니 나 and not 한 국 에 남 자 자 있습니 다?
있다 - there is, to exist, to be (located).
에 - location particle. I.e. where something is at/in.
I suggest reading the tips & notes for this skill and the Basics 2 skill on the mobile/desktop website.
yes or to be in a location, but then you would have to use 에. 나는 학교가 있다 = I have a school – this could make sense, but in most situations, you would probably want to say: 나는 학교에 있다 = I am at school
No. The particle 에 is used as a location marker. 그 남자는 한국 사람입니다 would be ,,The man is Korean.” Here you also use another verb - to be 이다.
Why not the man is in korea since 한국에 also means KOREAN not only in korea. So why 남자가 한국에 있습니다 doesn't mean THE KOREAN MAN?
Why doesn't it mean the man is korean. Since 한국에.means(korean) and (in korea) at the same time
I put there are men in Korea XD I got it right and I am happy that there are men in korea Lol
