"I swim."

Translation:저는 수영합니다.

October 27, 2017

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

Why is it sometimes 저는 and sometimes 저가 in the beginning of a sentence?


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

는 and 은 are topic markers whereas 가 and 이 are subject markers. Look up talk to me in korean video on youtube they explain the difference very well.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JulieCast1

Don't mind so much about the subject, in Korean you can skip it Apart i saw a video of a native, and she say that sometimes they don't use the particles


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KelseyKoch6

I looked it up in google translate. 자는 translated to I am. 저가 translated to self.


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

I'm wondering why as well.


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

Hi jam. Whoever you may be. You're weird. Just noticed


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

That horrible moment you realize you've forgotten everything you learned yesterday... :(


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

저는 水泳합니다


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

Literal translation. Swimming. I am swimming cause i am still doing it in this moment.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TJ76231

Except that is different. It is present progressive when you add -ing. If someone asked you what you do to relax you would say "I swim" not "I'm swimming"; there is a distinction.


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

What's the difference of 합니다 and 입니다??


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

합니다 comes from the verb 하다 (to do) or in this case 수영하다. 입니다 comes from the verb 이다 (to be) for example X is Y (X가 Y입니다). not to be confused with 있다 which also means to be or to exist

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