"사과는 음식입니다."

Translation: An apple is food.

[montsechic]

What does 는 stands for?

[Otaku2Learn]

I could've sworn it was or. But in this case, I wonder why "or" changed into "is".. (｡ŏ_ŏ)

[CatMeoww]

What you are referring to is 또는 (or).

는 / 은 are topic markers. They signify what is being talked about. In this case, we are talking about the apple (사과) being food (음식입니다)

See the duolingo notes: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ko/basics-1/tips-and-notes

[K.CBTSARMY]

는 means An/The

[MatthewSch500054]

I think it's "the". So in a literal western way of reading it would be "apple (the) food (is)"

[Hotdokbestdok]

Not exactly
는(은) is the subject marker (meaning that the noun placed just before is the subject of the sentence)
There is also 를(을) as the objet marker
So a sentence like "I eat an apple" would be like "I는 apple를 eat" in Korean

[spermaclu]

Got this after "cats are not food".

[Nina_DN]

Is "Apples are food" correct?

[Ash-Fred]

Yes.

[YennieOmuj]

Jepi

[YennieOmuj]

Pjepi

[YennieOmuj]

Jepi

[Chance930532]

I did a typo and now I'm sad

[sharvarive]

Meal is 식사 and food is 음식??
Are they interchangable??

[yasminee._]

i don't think they are

[EssieRogers]

Seriously can they please slow down the speech!!!!

[MarkaylaB]

oh fr

[Drjet1]

My question exactly

[grey236]

What's the 입 for?

[Ash-Fred]

입니다 is a particle as a whole, meaning is.

[Theoneando37031]

'Is food' is getting me, any tips?

[MyxJoaquin]

"사과를" is plural, right?

[AbdullahAAK]

Can anyone tell me the difference between

사과는 음식입니다

and

사과가 음식입니다

Because both appeared with the same meaning in this unit

[branvalles17]

I'm going to take a shot at this one.

1. Apples are food (or an apple is food)
2. The apple is food.

So first one is just in general (that apples are food). The second one is saying that this one apple in particular is food.

[Eigen18]

I wonder why The apples are food is wrong. Isnot all apple is food? or the 는 only refers to an apple? ( I am sure the 는 refers to all apples like how it refers to men are people)