{"id":156,"date":"2009-11-03T17:07:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T21:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=156"},"modified":"2009-11-03T17:07:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T21:07:36","slug":"plural-marker-%eb%93%a4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/plural-marker-%eb%93%a4\/","title":{"rendered":"Plural Marker \ub4e4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s take a look at the plural marker \ub4e4<\/strong> and how it’s used. The first sentence we’ll take a look at is, \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\uc774<\/strong> \ub9ce\uc544\uc694<\/strong>. (\uc0ac\ub78c<\/strong> = person. \ub4e4<\/strong> = plural marker. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marking particle.\u00a0\ub9ce\uc544\uc694<\/strong> = many). Let’s compare this with a second sentence, \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774 \ub9ce\uc544\uc694<\/strong>. The difference between the first sentence and the second sentence is that the first sentence has the plural marker \ub4e4<\/strong> and the second sentence lacks the plural marker \ub4e4<\/strong>. Just one particle changes the meaning of the sentence. The first sentence that has the plural marker \ub4e4<\/strong> means, “There are a lot of people”. The second sentence without the \ub4e4<\/strong> means “There is a person.”<\/p>\n

One other thing that you should keep note is that just because the plural marker is attached doesn’t mean the subject marker disappears. Notice in the first sentence the subject marker comes after the plural marker. Now sometimes \ub4e4<\/strong>\u00a0can be dropped when it’s clear that the subject is plural. For example, \uc800\ud76c\ub294 \ud559\uc0dd\uc774 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>. (\uc800\ud76c<\/strong> = we. \ub294<\/strong>\u00a0=\u00a0topic marking particle. \ud559\uc0dd<\/strong> = student. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \ub4e4<\/strong> = plural marker. \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = is not.) This sentence means, “We are not students.” This sentence would also be correct if it had the plural marker \ub4e4<\/strong> after the pronoun \uc800\ud76c<\/strong>. Since \uc800\ud76c<\/strong> means “we”, it is already plural in nature. That’s why it’s ok to drop the \ub4e4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now let’s look at some pronouns and see if the meaning changes when\u00a0\ub4e4<\/strong> is added.<\/p>\n

\uc800\ud76c<\/strong> = we. \uc800\ud76c\ub4e4<\/strong> = also means we.<\/p>\n

\ub108\ud76c<\/strong> = you plural casual. \ub108\ud76c\ub4e4<\/strong> = you plural casual.<\/p>\n

\ub2f9\uc2e0<\/strong> = you\u00a0singular polite. \ub2f9\uc2e0\ub4e4<\/strong> = you plural polite.<\/p>\n

\uadf8\ub140<\/strong> = literally means “that girl”. \uadf8\ub140\ub4e4<\/strong> = those girls.<\/p>\n

\uadf8\ub4e4<\/strong> = can mean “they” as in a mix of boys and girls or just boys.<\/p>\n

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Let’s take a look at the plural marker \ub4e4 and how it’s used. The first sentence we’ll take a look at is, \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\uc774 \ub9ce\uc544\uc694. (\uc0ac\ub78c = person. \ub4e4 = plural marker. \uc774 = subject marking particle.\u00a0\ub9ce\uc544\uc694 = many). Let’s compare this with a second sentence, \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774 \ub9ce\uc544\uc694. The difference between the first sentence and the…<\/p>\n

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