"The boy's apple is food."
Translation:남자아이의 사과는 음식입니다.
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Yes, you are correct. I remember learning the word 당신의 which means your, as in a possession. Ex; YOUR shoes...; YOUR house, etc
Im guessing that by adding the 의 to the end of the subject, it shows possession. I hope this helps :)
They didn't teach the meaning but it was in the alphabet stuff, I keep getting confused with 의 and 외 and 위
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they introduced another word for girl (other than the one they taught us) in an earlier practice, so here they are doing the same thing. IF google translator can be trusted then 소년의 is indeed another word for boy. I think we can be reasonably assured this may be correct as "sonyeon" is part of : Bangtan Sonyeondan ( bullet proof boy scouts , A.K.A. :BTS) ! To throw a word at us like this without any introduction seems a bit rude to me.
Actually, 의 has three sounds - [의], [에] and [이]. Not sure how can you determine what to pronounce, but I saw an example like this: 민주의 의의 (Significance of democracy), but it is pronounced as [민주에 의이]. The first 의 acts as 's, following by 의의, which is "meaning, significance etc.". Hope this helps you.
If its at the beginning of a word, its pronounced as 'ui'/'eui' (you can look it up on youtube to hear a native say it), example: 의사 (doctor).
If its at the end of a word, then it's mostly pronounced as 'i'.
And if its a possessive marker its mostly pronounced as 'e'.
YouTube has dozens of videos explaining this subject!!!
I believe this type of question is trying to make people figure out the answer based on the context, if you know 사과는 음식입니다 then it was reasonable to infer this was the answer compared to the others. You will know always know the vocabulary but you can try to use what you know to reveal the clues.
When we're talking about the apple, aren't we talking about an specific apple? The boy's one? Shouldn't it be "사과가"?
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Both are valid. (남자 means man and 아이 means child, so it roughly translates to young man, while 소년 just means boy. From what I know, they are used interchangeably though.)
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Why is this answer incorrect? 남자아이의 사과는 음식이십니다 I added the 이 particle to food, is it wrong to do so? It translates fine in google.
So I got the answer corrected with the provided example, but it said I had a type and gave me this: 남자아이 그 사과는 음식입니다 as the correct answer. Which is complete crap when '그' wasn't even one of the block options... What would it even signify in this particular sentence? Is this another possession marker?
I put 남자아이 위 사과가 음식입니다 and it told me I had a typo and gave 남자아이 그 사과가 음식입니다 as the correct answer, but here I see that the answer has 의. I know that I mistakenly put 위 instead of 의, but what is 그?
The "apple" is the subject of the sentence. So, its place should be first in korean sentence. Please tell me if I'm wrong.
The boy's apple as a whole is the subject. But I don't really know for sure
For words like school and apple I noticed 'ga' being added at the end but in this example 'Nn' was used so can they be used interchangeably?
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I am confused as to why the topic marker is used instead of the subject marker... Could someone explain why it is 삼자아이의 사과는 and not 삼자아이의 사과가 ?
So, for the ones that are lost right now: 남자: man 아니: child So > 남자아이: boy 의: indicates possession when follows a subject, so 남자아이의 means "the boy's ...."
사과: apple ; 는: topic marking particle (so people will know that you are talking something about the apple)
음식: food; 입니다: verb to be (formal way) So > 음식입니다: it's food.
I think it's basically this, hope I have helped
What's the difference between 는 and 은 in this context? I saw it used for bread before like 빵은 but for apple it's 사과는. Is there a rule for this? Or are they interchangeable in this context for food?
Um..guys 의 means 's ( of someone) in Korean means 남자아이의 사과 means BOY'S APPLE..
My answer is correct why is it saying that it is incorrect. And when you give the tip options