Remember the last post on subject marking particles? We’re gonna use them today, so get ready!<\/p>\n
Before we do that, let’s review a couple things. First, how do you conjugate verbs into the deferential polite? For regular verbs,\u00a0just add \u3142\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong> (we’ll do irregular verbs at another time). For the verb ‘to sleep’, which is jada (\uc790\ub2e4<\/strong>), take away the da (\ub2e4<\/strong>). Then add the ending \u3142\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong>. Altogether you get, \uc7a1\ub2c8\ub2e4 <\/strong>or jamnida. Normally the letter biup (\u3142<\/strong>) is pronounced as a b or p, but since the niun (\u3134<\/strong>)\u00a0is pronounced right after it, the biup (\u3142<\/strong>) has a tendency to sound like an ‘m’ sound.<\/p>\n Ok, now we’re ready to form a sentence. Let’s say that you want to say, ‘Minji sleeps’ in the deferential polite. To do this, you need the subject marking particle. Minji (\ubbfc\uc9c0<\/strong>) ends with a vowel. Therefore, you’ll need\u00a0ga (\uac00<\/strong>) attached to Minji (\ubbfc\uc9c0<\/strong>). In Korean the sentence is, Minjiga jamnida (\uc7a1\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong>).<\/p>\n I’ll give you another example. Let’s say that we\u00a0want to say\u00a0‘Youngmin sleeps’ in the deferential polite form. To say that we would use the subject marking particle e (\uc774<\/strong>) attached to Youngmin (\uc601\ubbfc\uc774<\/strong>). This is because Youngmin (\uc601\ubbfc\uc774<\/strong>) ends in a consonant. Altogether this sentence will look like this: Youngmine jamnida (\uc601\ubbfc\uc774 \uc7a1\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Not too hard right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remember the last post on subject marking particles? We’re gonna use them today, so get ready! Before we do that, let’s review a couple things. First, how do you conjugate verbs into the deferential polite? For regular verbs,\u00a0just add \u3142\ub2c8\ub2e4 (we’ll do irregular verbs at another time). For the verb ‘to sleep’, which is jada…<\/p>\n