{"id":73,"date":"2009-03-11T23:36:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T03:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=73"},"modified":"2009-03-11T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T03:36:31","slug":"korean-grammar-directional-particles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-grammar-directional-particles\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Grammar: Directional Particles"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think now’s a good time to go over directional particles.\u00a0 Let’s look at the particle ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0 If I want to say, “towards the school” all I have to do is add the ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) particle to the noun “school”.\u00a0 The noun for school in Korean is hakkyo (\ud559\uad50<\/strong>).\u00a0 Add ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) to hakkyo (\ud559\uad50<\/strong>) and you get hakkyoro (\ud559\uad50\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0 Whenever you add ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) or uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>) to a noun, it means “towards the _____”.\u00a0 For example the noun for “class” is suop (\uc218\uc5c5<\/strong>).\u00a0 The phrase “towards the class” is suopuro (\uc218\uc5c5\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike English, Korean does not have a “the” or “a” particle.\u00a0 In sophisticated English terms, the Korean language does not have an indefinite and definite article.\u00a0 This is good, because that means you don’t have to worry about it!\u00a0 Another thing to keep in mind is that depending on whether the last character is a consonant or vowel, you’ll use uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>) or ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) accordingly.\u00a0 If the noun ends in a vowel you have to use ro (\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0 When it ends in a consonant you use uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only exception is the consonant \u3139<\/strong>.\u00a0 When the noun ends in \u3139<\/strong> such as the word kyoshil (\uad50\uc2e4<\/strong>), you add ro (\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0 Kyoshil (\uad50\uc2e4<\/strong>) means “classroom” in Korean.\u00a0 Even though \u3139<\/strong> is a consonant, it’s a special case so you would use the ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) ending.\u00a0 The reason for why \u3139<\/strong> is a special case has to do with phonetics.\u00a0 If you want to say “towards the classroom” and add the uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>) ending, it would be hard to pronounce.\u00a0 It’s much easier to pronounce “towards the classroom” with the ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) ending.\u00a0 Try it for yourself: kyoshilro (\uad50\uc2e4\ub85c<\/strong>) versus kyoshiluro (\uad50\uc2e4\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Alright folks, that’s it for today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think now’s a good time to go over directional particles.\u00a0 Let’s look at the particle ro (\ub85c) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c).\u00a0 If I want to say, “towards the school” all I have to do is add the ro (\ub85c) particle to the noun “school”.\u00a0 The noun for school in Korean is hakkyo (\ud559\uad50).\u00a0 Add ro…<\/p>\n

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