"The man is uncool."

Translation:남자가 멋없습니다.

October 1, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/My-Nhi

Why do we use 가 to mark the subject in this case rather than 는?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rachel_Nina

는/은 are both subject markers. This means they are used for general things. E.g: "A" man, would be 남자는

가/이 are both topic markers. This means they are used for specific things. E.g: "THE" man, would be 남자가


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Megha938

Rachel_Nina I would like to correct as what you define subject marker is topic marker. That means subject marker is ga/i. And Topic marker is neun/ eun. Thank you.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Chloe022

The man got no jams


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jiminisedyoja

The man is jimin ~Namjoon


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KookieBTSARMY101

Oh God... I accidentally said the man was not delicious....


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sheila296433

When ㅅ is the bottom character it is a shortened sound so it sounds like T. In 없 the ㅅ isnt being pronounced. It is the ㅅ in 습 that is being pronounced so it sounds like S.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Puffinpuffs

Ouch, what a burn!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/XRegina

The problem is that i answered wrong (ㅓ/ㅏ) but Duolingo accepted it like a typo(((


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rachel_Nina

는/은 are both subject markers. This means they are used for general things. E.g: "A" man, would be 남자는

가/이 are both topic markers. This means they are used for specific things. E.g: "THE" man, would be 남자가


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BTS_is_crack

i love it when i get it correct and it marks me wrong, then i check my answer w/ the correct answer and it was the same :,)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/superslayyyyyy

Hey, Duolingo! He has yes jams!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/xxkzh7

hey, i'm true. why wrong?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Taneya03

Why is the s at the bottom of mat not carried over to pronounce as: Ma seot and why is the s pronounced if for this batchim only b is supposed to pronounced


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/loriships

가/는 still confuse so much


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rachel_Nina

는/은 are both subject markers. This means they are used for general things. E.g: "A" man, would be 남자는

가/이 are both topic markers. This means they are used for specific things. E.g: "THE" man, would be 남자가


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jeator2016

I don´t understand what is the difference between 남자가 멋없습니다 and 남자가 맛없습니다


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ricardo815422

"The man is not cool" vs. "the man is not delicious"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Omowunmi2021

I don't know if you watch kdrama but this reminds me of Ko Mun Yeong in It's okay to not be okay She said 맛있어 instead of 멋있어 멋 refers to "cool" as a human characteristic 맛 refers to taste


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/H0yv18

Dayummm....duolingo be roasting jimin


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lang864129

男子가 멋없습니다


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/espitola

why is '는' not accepted?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GabrielMar246213

in 맛없습니다 why the ㅅ at the end of 맛 is pronounced like the letter T, and the one in 없 like the letter S?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JechoKalan

Search "Batchim rules" you'll now why


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/upasanasah2

Hearing bout it for the first time. Will check it out. Thanks


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/IsNikoNicc

Because when the ㅅ is in the last position, not followed by a vowel, it's normally pronounced like an hard T But in 없습 The 1st ㅅ it's followed by another ㅅ and you've to read them like ㅆ (ss)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AnCatDubh

But the first ㅅ is followed by a vowel: ㅓ.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/1-800-dont-ask

It's a rule of Batchim. Read a few articles about it. It'll make learning Korean WAAAAY easier. Hope I helped


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tessabanessa

I believe this is just one of those things that has to be accepted without explination lol. Possibly the double batchim? Idk. At least it's easier than English pronunciation


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/EquanimousLingo

Because of the sound made when your tongue comes together with the back of your teeth and you shut off the flow of exhaled air.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ricardo815422

Man = namjaga To be uncool = meoseobssibnida


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ricardo815422

Why is it "namja-ga meos-eobs-seubnida" and not "namja-neun meos-eobs-seubnida?"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AlizayShah31

Why is it 남자가 instead of 남자는? I thought you would use a topical marker since "man" is the topic of the sentence.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FiredFish

How come in 멋없 the ㅅ sound like a d/t, however in 멋있 the ㅅ sound like s. I've read about Batchim and it makes sense with 멋있, where it becomes 머싰, but why doesn't 멋없 become 머섮 ?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/NeonelNuez

How do you pronounce the "uncool" word.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/OT7.BTSARMY

I have restore it than also it is telling do again.It is my complaint


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JunYe14

Here to gain gems xP


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Chrisanna861276

What is the difference between 제미없습니다 and 멋없습니다??? I am way beyond confused. at one point, they mean the same thing and then another, they don't. Send help!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ye0njunie

Hmm but I still can write is as "멋없다"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Laura663836

It's funny because I skimmed over the answers and mistook this for saying, "The man is awesome," therefore getting it wrong.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/pinguiloli

Cuál es la diferencia entre 멋없습니다 y 재미없습니다?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Laura663836

"맛없습니다" is as it says above, "uncool." However, "재미없습니다" means that it is boring.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ISwearImKarl

The man is flavorless?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BLAKE176

I think this person got "맛있다" and "멋있다" confused


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/hot.ravioli

what? it says the man is 'uncool'. don't know where you're getting flavourless from lmao


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MarcValdes

Doesn't this translate to the man is not delicious? Why not 재미없습니다?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/snow_byulie

not delicious would be 맛없습니다. This is 멋없습니다. 맛 vs 멋. 재미없습니다 would be "not interesting", or "boring". 멋없습니다 is not cool


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RiverSong87725

I'm done with the subject particles.. I don know when use 는 / 이


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AnCatDubh

Why not –은?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AlizayShah31

As the word 남자 ends with a vowel i.e. ㅏ. If it ended with a constant sound then you would use 은. It just has to do with how easy it would be to pronounce words. why they are using a subject marker here such as 가 instead of a topic marker like 는 is a whole other story that i am not sure about.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rachel_Nina

는/은 are both subject markers. This means they are used for general things. E.g: "A" man, would be 남자는

가/이 are both topic markers. This means they are used for specific things. E.g: "THE" man, would be 남자가


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Wanie592682

Because it followed by an adjective, not verbs


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Park_SeoYeon_07

Question: What's the difference between "맛있입니다" and "멋있입니다"?

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