For today’s post\u00a0we’re going to look at some copula endings that are bound to come up in your quest to learn Korean.<\/p>\n
The copula ending ~\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> and ~\uc608\uc694<\/strong> comes up a lot when you want to say, ‘it’s’ or ‘is’ in Korean. For example, the sentence, “It’s a present” would be \uc120\ubb3c\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>. \uc120\ubb3c<\/strong> is the noun present, and \uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> is equivalent to ‘it’s’. Whether you use \uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> or \uc608\uc694<\/strong> depends on whether the noun ends in a consonant or a vowel. In this example the word \uc120\ubb3c<\/strong> ends in a consonant. Therefore, you’re going to use the \uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> ending.<\/p>\n Through process of elimination, you’ve probably guessed that \uc608\uc694<\/strong> is used after words that end in vowels. If you’ve guessed this, you’re absolutely right. Take a look at the word \uc5ec\uc790<\/strong> which means ‘female\/woman’ in Korean. If you want to say, “It’s a girl”, in Korean this is, \uc5ec\uc790\uc608\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Now let’s add this knowledge to some other bits of grammar we’ve learned so far. Let’s say, “MInji is a girl” in Korean. This would be, \ubbfc\uc9c0\uac00 \uc5ec\uc790\uc608\uc694<\/strong>. (\ubbfc\uc9c0<\/strong> = Minji, \uac00<\/strong> = subject marking particle, \uc5ec\uc790<\/strong> = girl, \uc608\uc694<\/strong> = is.)<\/p>\n One piece of advice I’d give to beginners of Korean is to make a chart of all the Korean vowels and consonants in separate columns. If you’ve read some of the previous posts on Korean grammar, you’ll notice that there are different endings depending on whether the noun ends in a consonant or vowel. That’s why it’s important to have a solid grasp of the difference between consonants and vowels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For today’s post\u00a0we’re going to look at some copula endings that are bound to come up in your quest to learn Korean. The copula ending ~\uc774\uc5d0\uc694 and ~\uc608\uc694 comes up a lot when you want to say, ‘it’s’ or ‘is’ in Korean. For example, the sentence, “It’s a present” would be \uc120\ubb3c\uc774\uc5d0\uc694. \uc120\ubb3c is the…<\/p>\n