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- "아이들이 함께 앉습니다."
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technically yes 같이 is more often used in speech than in writing while 함께 is more often used in writing than speech
What is the difference between '함께' and '같이' other than that? Is there anything else?
Thank you very much . Now i can know how to ise this in thw future correctly
Does the 들 in 아이들이 denote that it is "children" vs. "child?" Or is this still a matter of context?
yes, it does. Child is 아이. It was in fact in ones of the first lessons, you may want to strengthen some of the earlier lessons
Well, the sentence is pretty clear about the fact that there are multiply children (They use 함께, meaning ''Together''), but they also added 들 on to the word 아이, making it plural.
I think.... I have not been studying this language for long, just thought it made sense:)
I think 들 is quite unnecessary here too. They obviously mean multiple children by using 함께.
It won't obviously mean it. Because in English it would mean saying "The Child sits together" obviously denotes plural, whereas "children" is the accurate term.
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Yes, 들 is necessary. In English, we pluralize nouns even though there are other words to indicate multiples in a sentence. Even within that sentence the verbs would indicate plurality but without 's' it wouldnt necessarily be clear what I'm talking about. The reason is to clarify the subject. What I mean is, if we only had 함께 it isn't clear that it's children who are sitting together. There could be other things sitting together. So the 들 clarifies that the subject of the sentence are children rather than a child and something else. Plus, I think the necessity of it would be clearer when sentences become more complexed. I'm not a native speaker, but this was how I understood it.
들 indicates plural form. Similar to 's' in English. However, I consulted a Korean friend about this, and she told me that while it is mostly necessary, it can often be left out since plural form can be indicated through context rather than saying it directly. This isn't the case in English, so it can be hard to understand. If you don't speak Korean well, you can just say 들 every time you want to pluralise something, however, if you did this while speaking to someone who is fluent, they would probably think you're a bit strange.
I thought 들 was the plural form for People of kind. Can I use that for animals or objects too? No right?
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Im having trouble with hearing the difference between 앉습니다 and 않습니더 . Can someone please elaborate how I can distinguish them?
ㄶ and ㄵ are both pronunced as ㄴ only, so there is no differrence in the pronunciation of those two words
Also having a similar problem. The recording glosses over 앉습니다 so it's difficult to tell if it is "an-sum-ni-da" "ant-sum-ni-da" or "anch-sum-ni-da".
Is there a difference in Korean between (in English translation) ‘are sitting’ versus ‘sit’? I assumed that ‘The children are sitting together.’ would be correct, but it was not.
I think the continuous aspect would be "ango isseumnida", so the children is sitting together would be "aideul-i gati an-go isseumnida"
This response was really helpful, I just wish that you hadn't romanized it. It makes it very difficult to read, and is counter-productive when it comes to learning
it's 'an'. you can check assimilations here https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ko/Alphabet-2/tips-and-notes
Is there a big difference about it being "The children sit together" because I wrote "The children are sitting together" And on other questions I aalways write like "laughing" when it's supposed to be "laugh" But it is basically the same so is it wrong to think about it this way?
I think if you say "are sitting", it's the present continuous. When you find them, the children are already sitting and continue to do so now. If you say the children sit together, that suggests the action of them sitting down in front of you
The biggest difference in your english sentences is that the verb in the first one is 'sit' and in the second one it is 'are'
can this also mean the children sit [down] together? or just the children sit together?
Would this describe the act of sitting down or that they are all in a seated position together?
i translated this to "the children sits together" and i got this wrong because of that s in sit(s)
I was so excited that im finally getting the jist of this, instead of proofreading my answer i got it wrong because " The children sir together " WHAAAAT!!
If you are asking when to use 이 or 가/은 or 는, 이 and 은 are used when the word's last character is a consonant, and vice versa. If you asking what they translate into, they translate into nothing and are simply used to identify which word is a subject (i.e, "I" in "I eat rice"). If you know all of that and are confused about when to use 이 or 은/가 or 는, I do not know.
This might be a little late, but you add 들이 to the end to signify multiple of something, and just 이 if it's a singular thing.
Eye put "the children sits together" and it was wrong. Maybe because children is already plural so having a verb be plural isnt needed
Children is a plural word so you can't use 's' or 'es' with verbs. You can only use verb+s/es(comes ,goes etc. ) with third person singular number (He,she,it etc.) . Hope it helps ♡
It's the grammar; because "sits" is used for singular nouns (i.e. The child sits).
Im literally saying the correct thing but it still says its wrong. Why is it doing thatttt
Should have used 소녀 and 소년 for boy and girl. Since duolingo likes literal translations. Isn't 남자아이 and 여장이 translated to man child and woman child?
yes thats correct, because the children are bts, they cant be classified as adults(ok well they can but still, I'm a hard stan, connect the dots lol)
So 아이들이 also like this "the kids are" If you remember the woman and women "여자" is woman "여자들" is women "들" is use to make a plural word
