Talk To Me In Korean

After listening to this lesson, when you are asked a YES/NO question, you will be able to answer that question with either YES or NO in Korean. 네. [ne] = Yes. 아니요. [aniyo] = No. But in Korean, when people say “네”, it is not the same as saying “Yes.” in English. The same goes for “아니요” too. This is because the Korean “네” expresses your “agreement” to what the other person said. And “아니요” expresses your “disagreement” or “denial” to what the other person said. Please read more about it in the PDF file attached to this lesson. TalkToMeInKorean.com

TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 5 http://TalkToMeInKorean.com After studying with this lesson, you will be able to say things like “A is B(noun).” or “I am ABC(noun).” in polite/formal Korean. 이에요 / 예요 [i-e-yo / ye-yo] 이에요 and 예요 have a similar role to that of the English verb “to be”. The fundamental difference, however, is the sentence structure that they are used in. English sentence structure: ABC + [be] + DEF. ** DEF is a noun here. Ex) ABC is DEF. I am ABC. You are XYZ. Korean sentence structure: ABC + DEF + [be] ** DEF is a noun here. Ex) 이거 ABC예요. [i-geo ABC-ye-yo] = This is ABC. In English, the verb “to be” is changed to “am” “are” or “is” depending on the subject of the sentence, but in Korean, you decide whether to use 이에요 [i-e-yo] or 예요 [ye-yo] depending on whether the last letter in the previous word ended in a consonant or a vowel. 이에요 and 예요 are very similar and also sound similar so it is not such a big problem if you mix up these two, but it is better to know the correct forms. When you want to say that ABC “is” DEF in Korean, if the word for “DEF” has a final consonant in the last letter, you add 이에요 [i-e-yo], but if it doesn’t have a final consonant and ends in a vowel, you add 예요 [ye-yo]. This is just to make the pronounciation of the connected part easier, so it will come naturally if you practice with some sample sentences. Final consonant + 이에요 [i-e-yo] No final consonant (Only vowel) + 예요 [ye-yo] Sample sentences 물이에요. = 물 + 이에요 [mul + i-e-yo] (It’s) water. 가방이에요. = 가방 + 이에요 [ga-bang + i-e-yo] (It’s) a bag. 사무실이에요. = 사무실 + 이에요 [sa-mu-sil + i-e-yo] (It’s) an office. 학교예요. = 학교 + 예요 [hak-gyo + ye-yo] (It’s) a school. 저예요. = 저 + 예요 [jeo + ye-yo] (It’s) me. As you can see from the examples above, in Korean, you don’t have to use articles like “a/an” or “the” as in English. So when you look up a noun in your Korean dictionary, you can add 이에요 or 예요 and then it means “It is ABC.” “That is DEF.” “I am XYZ.” You can also make this a question simply by raising the tone at the end of the sentence. 물이에요. [mul-i-e-yo] = It’s water. 물이에요? [mul-i-e-yo?] = Is that water? Is this water? 학교예요. [hak-gyo-ye-yo] = It’s a school. 학교예요? [hak-yo-ye-yo] = Is it a school? Are you at school now? 뭐 [mwo] = what 뭐예요? [mwo-ye-yo?] = What is it? What’s that?

TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 3 After listening to this lesson, you will be able to say good-bye in Korean. Do you remember how to say “Hello.” in Korean? 안녕하세요. [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo] If you remember 안녕하세요, that is fantastic. And if you even remember that “안녕” in 안녕하세요 means “peace” and “well-being”, that is even more fantastic. 안녕 [an-nyeong] = well-being, peace, health And in Korean, when you say “Good-bye” in formal/polite Korean, 존댓말 [jondaetmal], there are two types of expressions, and both of these expressions have the word 안녕 [an-nyeong] in them. One is when you are the one who is leaving. And the other is when you are the one who is staying. If you are leaving, and the other person is (or the other people are) staying, you can say: 안녕히 계세요. [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo] If you are staying, an the other person is (or the other people are) leaving, you can say: 안녕히 가세요. [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo] For now, don’t worry about the literary meaning of the expressinos and just learn them as they are, but if you are really curious and if we were forced to translate these greetings, they would be translated like this. 안녕히 계세요. = Stay in peace. 안녕히 가세요. = Go in peace. But again, don’t worry about the literal meaning of these greetings JUST YET! ** One tip Hyunwoo would like to give you: When Korean people say 안녕하세요 [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo], 안녕히 계세요 [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo] or 안녕히 가세요 [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo], they don’t always pronounce EVERY single letter clearly. So often times, what you would hear is just the ending part, “세요” [se-yo]. So you can deliberately sound more fluent by just saying 세요 [se-yo] for all of these occasions. http://TalkToMeInKorean.com

Learn to speak Korean at TalkToMeInKorean.com! - TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 1 - 안녕하세요. [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo] = Hello. / How are you? / Good morning. / Good afternoon. / Hi. 감사합니다. [gam-sa-ham-ni-da] = Thank you. ** Please feel free to ask us any question at TalkToMeInKorean.com !

In this TTMIK lesson, we are looking at the past tense of the Korean language. By knowing how to change your verbs into the past tense, you will be able to talk about what you did yesterday, who you met last week, and etc. If you already understand how to change verbs into the present tense, using the past tense will be a breeze. And if you are still not sure how to use the present tense, don't worry! We are going to review that in this lesson too. Be sure to ask us any questions you have in the comment box! Thank you!