{"id":439,"date":"2010-05-17T04:07:09","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T04:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=439"},"modified":"2017-12-21T07:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:47:43","slug":"how-to-say-because-in-korean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/how-to-say-because-in-korean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say ‘Because’ in Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Korean, “because” clauses can be expressed with ~\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0<\/strong> :<\/p>\n

\ub3c8\uc774 \uc5c6\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0 \ub300\ud559\uad50\ub97c \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = I couldn’t attend college because I don’t have money<\/p>\n

(\ub3c8<\/strong> = money. \uc774<\/strong> = particle. \uc5c6\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0<\/strong> = because I don’t have. \ub300\ud559\uad50<\/strong> = college. \ub97c<\/strong> = particle. \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = couldn’t attend.)<\/p>\n

The clause “because I don’t have money” is placed at the beginning of the sentence in Korean (\ub3c8\uc774 \uc5c6\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0<\/strong>) and then the rest of the sentence which is, “I couldn’t attend college” (\ub300\ud559\uad50\ub97c \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>)\u00a0is placed behind the “because” clause.<\/p>\n

Compare the sentence above with the sentence below :<\/p>\n

\ub3c8\uc774 \uc5c6\uc5c8\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0 \ub300\ud559\uad50\ub97c \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = I couldn’t attend college because I didn’t have the money<\/p>\n

(\ub3c8 <\/strong>= money. \uc774<\/strong> = particle. \uc5c6\uc5c8\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0<\/strong> = because I didn’t have. \ub300\ud559\uad50<\/strong> = college. \ub97c<\/strong> = particle. \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = couldn’t attend)<\/p>\n

With the second sentence, the first clause in Korean is \uc5c6\uc5c7\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0<\/strong>, but the first clause in the first sentence is \uc5c6\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0<\/strong>. The second sentence has the first clause in the past tense, so it’s going to be “didn’t have” as opposed to the first sentence, which means “don’t have”.<\/p>\n

\uc11c\uc6b8\uae4c\uc9c0 \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\uae30 \uc2eb\uc5b4\uc694. \uc65c\ub0d0\ud558\uba74 \uad50\ud1b5\uc774 \ud56d\uc0c1 \uc2ec\ud574\uc694<\/strong> = I don’t like to drive to Seoul. Because the traffic is always heavy.<\/p>\n

(\uc11c\uc6b8 <\/strong>= Seoul. \uae4c\uc9c0<\/strong> = to. \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\uae30 \uc2eb\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = don’t like to drive. \uc65c\ub0d0\ud558\uba74 <\/strong>= because. \uad50\ud1b5 <\/strong>= traffic. \uc774<\/strong> = particle. \ud56d\uc0c1 <\/strong>= always. \uc2ec\ud574\uc694<\/strong> = heavy\/severe)<\/p>\n

In the sentence above, the reason or the “because” is the secondary clause.<\/p>\n

Now let’s compare this with :<\/p>\n

\uc11c\uc6b8\uae4c\uc9c0 \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\uae30 \uc2eb\uc5b4. \uc65c\ub0d0\uba74 \uad50\ud1b5\uc774 \ud56d\uc0c1 \uc2ec\ud574<\/strong> = I don’t like to drive to Seoul. Because the traffic is always heavy.<\/p>\n

(\uc11c\uc6b8 <\/strong>= Seoul. \uae4c\uc9c0<\/strong> = to. \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\uae30 \uc2eb\uc5b4<\/strong> = don’t like to drive. \uc65c\ub0d0\uba74 <\/strong>= because. \uad50\ud1b5 <\/strong>= traffic. \uc774<\/strong> = particle. \ud56d\uc0c1 <\/strong>= always. \uc2ec\ud574<\/strong> = heavy\/severe)<\/p>\n

In the second sentence \uc65c\ub0d0\uba74 <\/strong>was used. In the first sentence, \uc65c\ub0d0\ud558\uba74<\/strong> was used. Both contain the same meaning, but \uc65c\ub0d0\uba74<\/strong> is more colloquial and used in spoken speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Korean, “because” clauses can be expressed with ~\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0 : \ub3c8\uc774 \uc5c6\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0 \ub300\ud559\uad50\ub97c \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694 = I couldn’t attend college because I don’t have money (\ub3c8 = money. \uc774 = particle. \uc5c6\uae30 \ub54c\ubb38\uc5d0 = because I don’t have. \ub300\ud559\uad50 = college. \ub97c = particle. \ubabb \ub2e4\ub154\uc5b4\uc694 = couldn’t attend.) The clause “because I…<\/p>\n

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