translation practice.

[usakorjb03]

Hey i got this from my korean class that i take at my local korean church that me and my parents go to. read and transate. also, it be good practice if u read it aloud over and over again so u can speak it at a good pace like a real korean lol. as you will see it is written to be like a note.

사랑하는 엄마

집에 3시 반에 왔는데 친구를 만나야 해요. 우리는 학교 운동장에서 축구를 할 거예요. 오늘은 숙제가 없어요. (^^*)
과일은 먹었어요.

호세.

[austinfd]

Wait a minute...... are you trying to get us to do your homework for you?

[usakorjb03]

No, i ain't trying to get anyone to do my homework...i'm already passed this lesson, i thought i give everyone a look at what it is that I go through in my korean class since not everyone has a korean class in their area. Don't worry, i don't cheat in school no more

[beenalee]

I hope I'm right. At least one sentence >_<

[spoiler]Dear Mom - this isn't a rough translation..

I came home at 3:30 cause (?) I need to meet my friends. We'll play soccer in the school gym. There's no homework today. I ate fruit.

Jose[/spoiler]

But I think there are some wrong particles used.. for example, 과일은 먹었어요. Isn't it supposed to be 과일을 먹었어요?

[manyakumi]

When you say
"과일을 먹었어요"
then I don't know which fruits did you eat but only know that you ate just some fruits.

Otherwise,
"과일은 먹었어요" means
"The (very) fruits (that you've prepared for me), I ate them."

We usually use subject markers to the objective words when emphasis them.

[tormsen]

은/는 is cool. Kinda weird at first, then you start to see how useful it is.

[beenalee]

When you say
"과일을 먹었어요"
then I don't know which fruits did you eat but only know that you ate just some fruits.

Otherwise,
"과일은 먹었어요" means
"The (very) fruits (that you've prepared for me), I ate them."

We usually use subject markers to the objective words when emphasis them.

ok i have to get used to that.
감사합니다! ^^

[javiskefka]

When you say
"과일을 먹었어요"
then I don't know which fruits did you eat but only know that you ate just some fruits.

Otherwise,
"과일은 먹었어요" means
"The (very) fruits (that you've prepared for me), I ate them."

We usually use subject markers to the objective words when emphasis them.

This case is very similar to the distinction between the indefinite article 'some' and the definite article 'the'. I never thought about the connection with '은'. It might be useful some day for explaining articles to a Korean speaker.