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Lesson 2 Goals:
- Use basic terms for people
- Express there is and there are
- Talk about family members
- Begin to describe who people are and what they do
자, 이제 2 과를 시작합시다!
준비됏어요?
Vocabulary Builder 1
(1) a person
사람
saram
(2) There is.../There are...(polite form)/to have
이/가 있어요
(noun) + ...i/ga isseoyo
Word ends in consonant 이 -i / in vowel 가 -ga
Example: Gajok[i] isseoyo. (I have a family.)
이/가 i/ga are called subject particles (nouns). Particles are used in Korean to indicate the parts a word plays in a sentence (subject, object, direction, etc...)
(3) a woman
여자
yeoja
(4) a man
남자
namja
(5) family
가족
gajok
(6) and (between nouns)
하고
hago
(7) -s (plural)
들
deul
(8) There are people.
사람들이 있어요.
Saramdeuli isseoyo.
(9) There is a woman.
여자가 있어요.
Yeojaga isseoyo.
(10) a woman and a man
여자하고 남자
yeojahago namja
(11) Thank you. (deferential)
고맙습니다
Gomapseumnida
Note: This version is a response to someone doing something extra/not necessary for you. Think of the difference between "Thanks/Thank you" and "Thank you so/very much."
Grammar Builder 1
Vocabulary Builder 2
(1) It's a family.
가족 이에요.
Gajogieyo.
(2) mother
어머니
eomeoni
(3) father
아버지
abeoji
(4) older sister of a woman
언니
eonni
(5) older sister of a man
누나
nuna
(6) older brother of a woman
오빠
oppa
(7) older brother of a man
형
hyeong
(8) younger sibling
동생
dongsaeng
(9) younger sister
여동생
yeodongsaeng
(10) younger brother
남동생
namdongsaeng
(11) It's my younger sister (if you're a woman).
언니예요.
Eonniyeyo.
(12) It' my younger brother.
남동생이에요.
Namdongsaengieyo.
Grammar Builder 2
(1) is/am/are
(noun) + 이에요 / 이에요
(noun) + ieyo / yeyo
Word ends in consonant 이에요 -ieyo / in vowel 이에요 -yeyo
Example: Abeojiyeyo. (It is my father.)
Example: Hyeongiyeyo. ("It is my older brother." - if you're a man)
Note: "isseoyo" and "ieyo/yeyo" both mean am/is/are with different usage context.
"isseoyo"(there is/are) is for EXISTENCE while "ieyo/yeyo"(is/are) is for IDENTIFICATION.
Workout 2
Bring It All Together
Take It Further
은/는 eun/neun are called topic particles. They are used to indicate what the topic of a sentence is (what the conversation is about).
Word ends in consonant 은 -eun / in vowel 는 -neun
Example: Hyeongeun (Older brother) / Nunaneun (Older sister)
도 -do (also) is another particle. Attached to the preceding word.
Example: Geurigo nunahago hyeongdo isseoyo. (And I have an older sister and also an older brother.)