Lesson Practice for Absolute Beginner Season 2 Lesson 2

[timandyou]

A. Key Vocabulary
Please translate the following vocabulary into Korean.
Example - 1. "to be comfortable" : hint (pyeon-ha-da)
편하다
2. "hello" : hint (an-nyeong-ha-se-yo)

3. "Korean" : hint (han-guk-sa-ram)

4. "nice to meet you" : hint (man-na-seo-ban-gap-seup-ni-da)

5. "I (formal)" : hint (jeo)

6. "to be" : hint (ip-ni-da) (imnida)


B. Lesson Focus: 저는 name + 입니다 (imnida) meaning "to be"
Simple add your name and nationality after 저는 "I (formal)"
Example - 1. "I am Tim."
저는 팀 입니다.
2. "I am (your name)."

3. "I am (your nationality)."


C. Test yourself.
Please translate the following sentences into Korean.
Example - 1. "I am Tim."
저는 팀 입니다.
2. "I am Korean."

3. "I am American."

4. "This is water." : hint ("water" is mul)

5. "This is coffee." : hint ("coffee" is keo-pi)


If you answer them in Korean, that's PERFECT!
If you answer them in Romanization, that's good too.
Reply this post then, I will kindly assist and give you the answers.
여러분 힘 내세요~~! Don't give up guys~~!
Cheers,
Tim Cool

[jerwinescudero6578]

i am korean

jeo neun hanguk sa ram imnida!!!

but in another word is i dont know???

[timandyou]

Please take a look at Lesson Notes.
Tim

[dustin2010]

안녕하세요! 저는 더스틴입니다.
사람=person

1. I am Korean.
저는 한국(사람)입니다.

2. I am an American.
저는 미국(사람)입니다.

3. This is water.
물을 이거입니다.

4. This is coffee.
커피를 이거입니다.

Not sure if particles are right but that's the next lesson, I'm also not sure about 3 and 4.

[timandyou]

Great to meet you here, Dustin!

You wrote,
"안녕하세요! 저는 더스틴입니다." GREAT!!!^^

1. I am Korean.
"저는 한국(사람)입니다."
If you say, "저는 한국 입니다" without (사람), then it means "I am Korea". So, need to say, "한국사람", "미국사람"

2. I am an American.
저는 미국(사람)입니다.

3. This is water.
"물을 이거입니다."
This is "A is B" sentence.
The subject is "this" 이것 + 은 = 이것은.
The complement is "water" 물
The be-verb is "is" 입니다.
Therefore, "This is water" becomes 이것은 물 입니다.
REMEMBER THIS - the English sentence structure is "S (this) + V (is)+ C (water)" = this is water.
However, the Korean sentence structure is "S (이것은) + C (물) + V (입니다)" = 이것은 물 입니다.

4. This is coffee.
"커피를 이거입니다."
"I think now you can fix this sentence by yourself."
cheers,
Tim

[dustin2010]

팀은 감사합니다. Let me try round 2

1. I am a Korean.
저는 한국사람입니다.

2. I am an American.
저는 미국사람입니다.

3. This is water.
이것은 물 입니다.

4. This is coffee.
이것은 커피 입니다

so I wouldn't need 을/를 after water or coffee?

[timandyou]

GREAT! All is correct!

Those particles 을/를 are for "Object" - that's why we called them "object particles".

Okay, I think now you got the sentence structure of 'S + C + V' = "A is B" = This is water.

What about...? "I drink water"?
"I drink water" differs from "this is water". It's two different sentence structure: one is "S + V (regular verbs) + O" and the other is "S + V (be-verb) +C"
However, in Korean sentence we have "S + C + V" = this is Tim, this is water, I am Dustin....
and we also have "S + O + V" = I drink water, Tim likes Dustin, I study Korean....

And, when you make the "S + O + V" Korean sentence, you need 을/를 right after "O".
From the examples above, in the sentence of "I drink water.", water is an 'object'.
In the sentence of "Tim likes Dustin.", Dustin is an 'object'.
In the sentence of "I study Korean.", Korean is an 'object'.
Therefore, all those three - "water", "Dustin", "Korean" need what!!?? They need the 'object particles - 을/를'.
Therefore, "water" 물 becomes 물+을 = 물을.
"Dustin" 더스틴 becomes 더스틴+을 = 더스틴을.
"Korean" 한국어 becomes 한국어+를 = 한국어를.

Finally, let's take a look at those 'S + O +V' sentences.
"I drink water" in English becomes 나+는 "I", 물+을 "water", 마십니다 "to drink" = 나는 물을 마십니다 in Korean = "I drink water"
"Tim likes Dustin" in English becomes 팀+은 'Tim", 더스틴+을 "Dustin", 좋아합니다 "to like" = 팀은 더스틴을 좋아합니다 in Korean = "Tim likes Dustin"
"Dustin studies Korean" in English becomes 더스틴+은 "Dustin", 한국어+를 "Korean", 공부합니다 "to study" = 더스틴은 한국어를 공부합니다 in Korean = "Dustin studies Korean".

Dustin, I did my best on this explanation.
Now it's your job to understand those two sentences "S + C + V" and "S + O +V" in Korean.
cheers,
Tim

[dustin2010]

thank you very much for the explanation, i'll be trying to practice it in the next couple lesson

[timandyou]

"You're very welcome, Dustin!"
cheers,

Tim

[NUoMichelle5466]

"I am Korean."
저는 한국사람임니다.
"I am American."
저눈 미국사람임니다.
"This is water." : hint ("water" is mul)
이것은 물임니다.
"This is coffee." : hint ("coffee" is keo-pi)
이섯은 커피임니다.

is it right? & hi , i'm new here.

[timandyou]

Hello NUoMichelle5466,
Can I ask your real name? How about your nationality?
"Thanks"

Okay, about your h.w...
you wrote,
"I am Korean."
저는 한국사람임니다.
Great!
One small thing though. the be-verb, "is/am/are", is 입니다 (ip-ni-da) in Korean (although we pronounce it as 임니다(im-nida))
Therefore, 한국사람 "입"니다.

Next, you wrote,
"I am American."
저눈 미국사람임니다.
I think you mis-typed 는 here. 저는 not 저눈. It's "입" instead of "임"

Next you wrote,
"This is water." : hint ("water" is mul)
이것은 물임니다.
Great, now you know it is 입.

Last you wrote,
"This is coffee." : hint ("coffee" is keo-pi)
이섯은 커피임니다.
Mis-typing, 이것 not 이섯. and you know it's what?? "Yes, it's 입"

is it right? & hi , i'm new here.
Great work NUoMichelle5466, You did very well! I must give you 4.5 out of 5!
Are you really new here!?? NO WAY!!! Thanks for listening and doing this practice.
cheers,

Tim

[xxsinditelitexx4911]

[size=9]저는한국사람임니다.
저는미국사람임니다.
(is it 입니다 or 임니디?)
이것은물임니다
이것은커피임니디
what does the 은 do?

It took me about 20 minutes to type that out haha...

[timandyou]

Hello xxsinditelitexx4911,
I am Tim from KC101.com.
Can you tell me at least your name and nationality?

Thanks for listening to Ab Beginner Season2 and doing this work-sheet.
You wrote,
저는한국사람임니다.
저는미국사람임니다.
(is it 입니다 or 임니디?)
In writing Korean, 입니다 (ip...) is correct! 한국사람 입니다. 미국사람 입니다.
When speaking, it sounds like 임니다 (im...)

you wrote,
이것은물임니다
이것은커피임니디
what does the 은 do?
again, 물 입니다 and 커피 입니다.
은/는/이/가 indicates the Noun is SUBJECT in the sentence. It will be explained in the lesson #3.

It took you 20 minutes to write the above... I do appreciate you of taking your time doing all the H.W.
The more you write Korean, the less time it will be taken...
You did very good on the practice! 98% out of 100%!
cheers,
Tim

[xxsinditelitexx4911]

Ben 입니다.저니장극사람임니다. 처음뵙겟씁니다.

...my last sentence is wrong right?

[timandyou]

"Very nice to meet you here, Ben!!!"

You wrote,
"Ben 입니다.저니장극사람임니다. 처음뵙겟씁니다."

Very good try and you did very good, Ben!!! "Excellent!"
The correction is...
벤 입니다 - "I am Ben"
저는 중국 사람입니다 - "I am Chinese"
(Ben, I can speak some Chinese as well~~!) "Ni hao ma?", "Wo shi hanguo ren", "Zhongguohua hen nan"
처음 뵙겠습니다 - "nice to meet you"

"Ni zhu zai nar?", "shamma di-fang?"

cheers,
Tim