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| INTRODUCTION |
| Tim: 방가 방가 여러분, “Hello everyone”. This is Tim and I am joined in the studio by… |
| Debbie: 안녕하세요 여러분, “Hello everyone.” Debbie here. What are we learning today, Tim? |
| Tim: Today we are going over the “Basic Korean Sentence Structures”. |
| Debbie: Basic Korean Sentence Structures? |
| Tim: Yes, like…“I am Tim”, “I am Korean” and “I eat a meal”. |
| Debbie: Ah~~ that sounds really basic! So, we are learning how to say, “I am Debbie”, “I am American” and “I eat bread” in Korean, right, Tim? |
| Tim: 딩.동.댕! Yes! Today we are going to learn about two basic Korean sentence structures known as S.C.V and S.O.V. |
| Debbie: Hmm…“S.C.V and S.O.V?” |
| Tim: Nothing to worry about, Debbie! I’ll explain it right after listening to some of the S.C.V sentences. Now let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Tim: 안녕하세요, 저는 팀입니다. 저는 한국사람입니다. |
| Tim: Annyeonghaseyo, jeo-neun Tim imnida. Jeo-neun hanguksaram imnida. |
| Tim: “Hello, I am Tim. I am Korean.” |
| Debbie: 안녕하세요, 저는 데비입니다. 저는 미국 사람입니다. |
| Debbie: Annyeonghaseyo, jeo-neun Debbie imnida. Jeo-neun miguksaram imnida. |
| Debbie: “Hello, I am Debbie. I am American.” |
Lesson focus |
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| Debbie: Okay Tim. What do we mean by “S.C.V” sentence structure? What does “S.C.V” stand for? |
| Tim: Good question! “S” stands for “subject”, “V” stands for “Verb” and… |
| Debbie: Ah, I got it! And “C” stands for “Complement”. So, the “S.C.V sentence structure” means any sentence that is composed of “SUBJECT” + “COMPLEMENT” + “VERB”,right? |
| Tim: Correct. |
| Debbie: Hmm… but Tim, we use S.V.C sentence structure in English. For example, in the sentence, “I am Debbie” |
| Tim: Right. But, in Korean, we use “S.C.V sentence structure” instead. For example, “I am Debbie” in English becomes “저는 데비 입니다” in Korean |
| Debbie: So, the basic sentence structure in Korean is "S.C.V" – “Subject” “Complement” and “Verb” structure. |
| Tim: Yes. Let's use the example sentence“I am Tim”. |
| Debbie: Okay, so the order in Korean would be“I” – subject, “Tim” – complement, and “am” – verb. |
| Tim: That’s right! 저는 “I”, 팀 “Tim”, 입니다 “am”; therefore, 저는 팀 입니다. “I am Tim”. |
| Debbie: Okay, now let’s make sentences about our “Nationality”, such as “I am Korean” and “I am American”. |
| Tim: Sure! The same rule applies here! When you translate“I am Korean” into Korean, it becomes“I” 저는, “Korean” 한국 사람, “am” 입니다; therefore, 저는 한국 사람입니다. “I am Korean”. |
| Debbie: Let me try it! So, the English sentence “I am American” becomes “I” 저는, “American” 미국 사람, “am” 입니다; therefore, 저는 미국 사람입니다. “I am American.” |
| Tim: Great! Listeners, please repeat after Debbie, “I am American” is… |
| Debbie: 저는 미국 사람입니다. |
| [pause for three sec] |
| Debbie: Great! Now we know a bit more about basic Korean sentence structure. |
| Tim: Okay, Debbie. We just covered SCV. Now can you guess what “S.O.V” stands for? |
| Debbie: Hmm… “S” – subject, “O" - object? and “V” – verb? |
| Tim: That's it! Let's listen to the next conversation. |
| Tim: 나는 밥을 먹는다. 나는 한국어를 공부한다. |
| Tim: Na-neun bob-eul meokneunda. Na-neun hangugeo-reul gongbuhanda. |
| Tim: “I eat a meal.” “I study Korean.” |
| Debbie: 나는 빵을 먹는다. 나는 영어를 공부한다. |
| Debbie: Na-neun bbang-eul meokneunda. Na-neun yeong-eo-reul gongbuhanda. |
| Debbie: “I eat bread.” “I study English.” |
| Debbie: Okay, Tim. Now I am sure that “S.O.V” stands for “S” – subject, “O” – object, and “V” – verb. |
| Tim: 딩.동.댕! |
| Debbie: In English sentences, we use “S.V.O sentence structure”. For example, in the sentence of “I study Korean” |
| Tim: But, in a Korean sentence, we use“S.O.V sentence structure” instead. For example, "I study Korean” becomes “나는 한국어를 공부한다” in Korean |
| Debbie: So remember, Korean also uses "S.O.V" order – “Subject” “Object” and “Verb"! Listeners, please repeat after Tim, “I study Korean” is… |
| Tim: 나는 한국어를 공부한다 |
| Debbie: Okay! So now that we've gone over that, Tim, let’s summarize today’s lesson. |
| Tim: Point #1… |
| Debbie: Korean uses the sentence structure“S.C.V” – Subject, Complement, and Verb. |
| Tim: For example, 저는 한국 사람입니다 “I am Korean.” Point #2… |
| Debbie: Korean also uses the sentence structure “S.O.V” – Subject, Object and Verb. |
| Tim: For example, 나는 한국어를 공부한다 “I study Korean”. |
Outro |
| Debbie: Okay, that’s all for today's lesson. We hope that this lesson has helped you understand the basic Korean sentence structure! |
| Tim: Let us know how it went! Okay, 여러분 그럼 다음 시간에 만나요… |
| Debbie: See you next time! |
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