"남자가 이것과 저것을 이어요."
Translation:A man connects this and that.
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The stem is when the verb ending has been removed. 이어요 is the conjugated verb :)
What through me off was, I was trying to interpret 과 as joining with 이것 and 잠자, as in, "the man with this..." (과 and the equivalent are usually translated as "with" when on the second word joined--이것과 저것이 = this and that (as a subject), but 이것이 저것과 = this with that.)
Since the new update happened its very confusing ... Because i was on clothes ch before the update and now i am on polite 3 ... This is very sad for me because its very confusing
Same problem here... now it's saying I learned words I never learned before, and I can't go back and redo those lessons (they set me at level 5 for those lessons). I'm confused & frustrated. I'm having a hard time moving forward in the revised course because I have to keep "practicing" the lessons they say I learned & mastered (since I don't know all the vocabulary and/or grammar I was supposed to learn in those lessons!) Ugghhh
잇다 is an ㅅ-irregular verb. When adding a vowel to this verb stem, the ㅅ is dropped.
잇다 → 이 + 아요 = 이아요
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I translated this to 'The man with this thing connects that thing', why couldn't it be right with the possible XX가 YY과 (XX with YY) situation?
If you're asking the difference between 가 (subject marker) & 는 (topic marker), I found this YT video helpful. https://youtu.be/fCxLNRLntc0
can anyone tell me about the difference in pronounciation of 이것과 저것을 .As it says" igeokwa jeogeoseul " So why does the ㅅ sound is silent in 이것 and is pronounced in 저것 part . Thank you
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Many of the pronunciation rules are based on what the next syllable begins with:
이것(과) - The next syllable (과) starts with a consonant, that's why you don't hear the ,,ㅅ" sound much.
저것(을) - The next syllable (을) starts with a vowel, so the pronunciation changes to something like '저거슬'. That's why you hear the ,,ㅅ" sound more clearly.
They're trying to get you to understand the 과 (와) suffix, and how it means "and." While your sentence is grammatically correct, it's not necessarily a translation of the given sentence.
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남자는 이것을 그것에 이어요 is what you are saying in English, BUT Duo is NOT telling you to translate that, Duo is saying 이것과 저것 (을).
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It's more like "that to this", or rather "that with this", but the particle can also mean 'and'.
"남자는 이것을 그것과 이어요"
I'm getting really frustrated that my answers are continuously being marked wrong even though I am following grammar structures used in other sentences. I am honestly not sure what is wrong with the above sentence at this point. I have seen in other sentences here that 와/과 can be placed after either of the two nouns, so I'm not sure what is wrong.
Proper Korean grammar uses markers to denote the end of a particular type of phrase. You effectively segment the sentence into Subject/Object/Verb sections that are marked at the end with the appropriate marker. In this case, the word 그것과 is part of the object and should come before the object marker.
(남자)가 (이것과 저것)을 (이)어요
Above I've segmented the sentence to help illustrate the sentence segmentation. 남자 is the only subject of the sentence and gets ordered and marked accordingly. 이것과 저것 are the objects of the verb so they go next. An object marker is used to tell the listener that you have done listing the objects for the verb. This verb is conjugated according to the appropriate speech level.
Note that despite these grammar rules, your sentence is understandable to a listener, just not the best way to form the sentence.
Thank you for explaining the Subj/Obj/Verb in a way that is simple & easy to understand. Especially the part about the objects, and why the "을/를" comes at the end of all objects in the sentence. I don't know why, but I was having a hard time with this part of the sentence structure until I read your comment. :)
Can this be used like the phrase in English, to imply miscellaneous objects?
