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Many Korean learners are confused by the difference in pronunciation between 'ㅐ/ɛ/' and 'ㅔ/e/'. Unfortunately some Korean tutors are teaching they pronunce the same without any explanation. Half is right, and half is wrong. Technically, they are not same. 'ㅐ/ɛ/' and 'ㅔ/e/' are different vowels. They are used in the different words and manybe the pronouce is different, too. This is the basic vowe..

The base form of most Korean verbs and adjectives is 'word root(stem)+다'. You can see this form in the dictionary. All ending words in this form are changeable according to tense, passive, honorific expressions, etc. When it changes, word root does not change like other languages. Only the word ending chages and is replaced with other endings depending on the speaker/writer's purpose.

•• ‘-와(-하고, -랑)’는 받침이 없는 단어와, ‘-과(-하고, -이랑)’은 받침이 있는 단어와 함께 사용합니다. •• ‘-와(-하고, -랑) is used with the vowels, and ‘-과(-하고, -이랑) is used with the consonants. ‘-하고’ can be used with both. ‘-와/과’ uses in 3 different ways. ‘-와/과’는 3가지 의미가 있습니다. 🎀다른 것과 비교하는 조사 Is a particle that the object is compared with something else. 👉 영어와 한국어는 달라요. English and Korean are different. 👉 영어는 한국어와 달라요. English is diff..

• '의' is a particle that makes the foreword act as an adnominal phrase. 👄 When it uses as a particle, most of the time it pronunced ‘에[e]’, without an accent. • The meanings of '의' are below. 🌳 Mostly as same as 'of'. 👉 Map of soul = 영혼의 지도, 🌳 is as same as ''s', to form possesive. 👉 Jane's ring = 제인의 반지 🌳 indicates the proceeding word is a metaphor for the latter word. 👉 Margaret Thatcher, the ..

Korean verbs of adverb end ‘-다’ as a standard form. It is changeable with another ending. 받다(receive) / 보다(see) / 먹다(eat) / 싸우다(fight) / 가지다(get) ‘-아/어’ comes after similar vowels. ‘-아’ comes after ‘ㅏ,ㅑ,ㅗ,ㅛ’, ‘-어’ comes after ‘ㅓ,ㅕ,ㅜ,ㅠ,ㅡ,ㅣ’. • 받 + 아 👉 받아 • 보 + 아 👉 봐(abbreviation) • 먹 + 어 👉 먹어 • 싸우 + 어 👉 싸워(abbreviation) • 가지 + 어 👉 가져(abbreviation) ‘요’ is a casual honorific ending so you can put t..

The form of Korean sentence is different from with English. If you want to write, "I drink coffee." 💬 I drink coffee. S + V + O 💬나(는) 커피(를) 마셔요. S + O + V As you see, English sentence comes verb first and the object, but Korean come object first and verb last. This is the most important rule of the Korean sentence. Verb is the last. •• (는), (를) are Korean particles that make meaning of the Korea..

ㄷ이나 ㅌ이 모음 'ㅣ'를 만나면 [ㅈ] 혹은 [ㅊ]으로 발음됩니다. 이것을 구개음화라고 합니다. When the last consonant 'ㄷ/ㅌ' meets the vowel '이' after, it linked with it and prounounced [지/치] for the easier pronounce. This phenomenon is called palatalization. 🍒 Examples • 굳이 👉 [구지] / [구디](x) • 맏이 👉 [마지] / [마디](x) • 해돋이 👉 [해도지] / [해도디](x) • 꽃밭이 👉 [꼳바치] / [꼳바티](x) • 끝이 👉 [끄치] / [끄티](x) • 밑이 👉 [미치] / [미티](x) 어떤 한국인들은 이 구개음화를 잘못된 방법으로 사용하..

'ㅇ' 자음은 초성에서 음가가 없습니다. 'ㅇ' is silent when it comes to the initial consonant. 따라서 앞말의 종성과 연음되어 발음합니다. So it is linked withe the last consonant of the forward word. 🍒바람이 불어요. - [바라미 v 부러요] - [바라미부러요] 🍒 Examples - 연이 날아요. 👉 [여니나라요] - 책이 들어와요. 👉 [채기드러와요] - 컵이 높아요. 👉 [커비노파요] - 옷이 작아요. 👉 [오시자가요] - 앞이 깊어요. 👉 [아피기퍼요]

‘나’ is a pronoun that means I, my, me. ‘너’ is a pronoun that means you, your. ‘은/는’ and ‘이/가’ are postposition particles, but have different uses. 🎯 은/는 show the attached word is a TOPIC of the sentence. 🙂 나는 바빠요. (As for me, I am busy.) In this sentence, the topic of this conversation is me. We’re talking about something about me. 🎯 이/가 shows that the attached word is the SUBJECT of the sentenc..

"-ㄴ/는 것 같다"는 추측이나 불확실한 단정을 나타냅니다. 문장 앞에 (확실한 건 아니지만)이 생략되어 있지요. "-ㄴ/는 것 같다" indicates a guessing or uncertain conclusion. Most of the time (Not for sure) is hidden in front of the sentence. 😀 휴대폰이 망가진 것 같다. I think my cell phone is broken 😀 그녀는 초컬릿을 먹는 것 같아. She seems to be eating chocolate. 그러나 일반적인 상황에서 자신의 경험이나 상황, 감정을 추측하는 문장은 바람직하지 않습니다. But generally, sentences that guess one's own experie..

Korean has 14 consonants. All pronounced its original sound when it comes to the initial consonant except 'ㅇ', but some letters lose its sound and change to the main pronounce letters when it comes to the last consonant. 7 sound letters of the last consonant are below. • ㄱ- ㄱ, ㅋ • ㄴ - ㄴ • ㄷ - ㄷ,ㅅ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅌ,ㅎ • ㄹ - ㄹ • ㅁ - ㅁ • ㅂ - ㅂ, ㅍ • ㅇ - ㅇ Here are expamples of pronounced. 각[각], 난[난], 닫[닫], 랄[랄],..

조사를 제외한 한국어의 모든 단어는 띄어 씁니다. “EVERY WORD(except postposition) have to have a space.” is the rule of Korean. 조사는 왜 제외일까요? 혼자서는 사용될 수 없는 단어이기 때문입니다. 조사는 반드시 앞말에 붙여 써야 합니다. Then why postposition particles are exclude? Because it cannot be used ALONE. It has to be attached to the before it. 🙊 아버지가방에들어가신다 🙊 아기다리고기다리던택배 🙊 속보입니다 🙊 작은형이큰집에서잤다 위의 문장은 띄어쓰기를 어떻게 하느냐에 따라 의미가 달라집니다. Sentences above have diffe..