Archive for March, 2009
Korean Grammar: Directional Particle eh (에) Posted by Ginny on Mar 15, 2009
There’s another another directional particle besides ro (로) and uro (으로). While ro (로) and uro (으로) means to go “towards” something, eh (에) means to be “at” something. For example if I say the phrase “at the house” I would take the noun “house” and attach the eh (에) particle to it. Since the…
Korean Grammar: Directional Particles Posted by Ginny on Mar 11, 2009
I think now’s a good time to go over directional particles. Let’s look at the particle ro (로) and uro (으로). If I want to say, “towards the school” all I have to do is add the ro (로) particle to the noun “school”. The noun for school in Korean is hakkyo (학교). Add ro…
Korean Spelling Posted by Ginny on Mar 10, 2009
Hangul (한굴), which is the Korean alphabet system; is largely phonetic. This means that words are written as they are pronounced. Well, for the most part they are. There are some exceptions to the rule. For example the character resembling ㅅ is pronounced differently depending on where it’s located. When it’s located on top, it’s…