{"id":74,"date":"2009-03-15T00:10:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=74"},"modified":"2009-03-15T00:10:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T04:10:37","slug":"korean-grammar-directional-particle-eh-%ec%97%90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-grammar-directional-particle-eh-%ec%97%90\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Grammar: Directional Particle eh (\uc5d0)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s another another directional particle besides ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>).\u00a0 While ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>) means to go “towards” something, eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) means to be “at” something.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example if I say the phrase “at the house” I would take the noun “house” and attach the eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) particle to it.\u00a0 Since the noun for “house” in Korean is jip (\uc9d1<\/strong>), the phrase “at the house” would be “jip eh” (\uc9d1\uc5d0<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just to remind you again, you don’t need to take account of the particle “the” or “a” in Korean.<\/p>\n

Now if you want to say the phrase “I go to the house” you would need the verb “to go” conjugated in the present tense.\u00a0 Since the verb “to go” is kada (\uac00\ub2e4<\/strong>), in the present tense it’s kayo (\uac00\uc694<\/strong>).\u00a0 So the phrase “I go to the house” would be, jipeh kayo (\uc9d1\uc5d0 \uac00\uc694<\/strong>).\u00a0 Remember that the verb is the last word at the end.\u00a0 The word eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) can mean “at” or “to” in English.<\/p>\n

The difference between uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>)\/ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) and eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) is that uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>)\/ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) is used in a vague sense while eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) is more exact.\u00a0 If I say the phrase “Seoulro” (\uc11c\uc6b8\ub85c<\/strong>)\u00a0or “towards Seoul”, I am saying that it’s somewhere near or around Seoul (\uc11c\uc6b8<\/strong>).\u00a0 Now if I say “Seouleh” (\uc11c\uc6b8\uc5d0<\/strong>)\u00a0or “at\/to Seoul” I am saying it’s “in” Seoul.\u00a0 Notice how the eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) particle gives off a precise meaning compared to the ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>) particle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In my opinion when I’m being given directions through a map, I’d rather get them in the eh (\uc5d0<\/strong>) particle than the uro (\uc73c\ub85c<\/strong>) or ro (\ub85c<\/strong>) particle.\u00a0 Of course, that’s just my two cents!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s another another directional particle besides ro (\ub85c) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c).\u00a0 While ro (\ub85c) and uro (\uc73c\ub85c) means to go “towards” something, eh (\uc5d0) means to be “at” something.\u00a0 For example if I say the phrase “at the house” I would take the noun “house” and attach the eh (\uc5d0) particle to it.\u00a0 Since the…<\/p>\n

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