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Let's take a closer look at Mark's response.
Do you remember how Mark Morris introduces himself?
"Hello. I'm Mark Morris. Nice to meet you."
안녕하세요. 저는 모리스 마크입니다. 반갑습니다. (An-nyeong-ha-se-yo. Jeo-neun mo-ri-seu ma-keu-im-ni-da. Ban-gap-seum-ni-da.)
First is 안녕하세요 (Annyeonghaseyo), meaning "hello." 안-녕-하-세-요 . 안녕하세요.
This phrase is usually the first thing someone says when making a self-introduction in Korean. 안녕하세요.
Before we look at how Mark introduces his name, let's look at the last part of Mark's response.
The phrase is 반갑습니다 (Bangapseumnida). This literally means "happy to meet you" but translates as "nice to meet you." 반-갑-습-니-다- . 반갑습니다.
Do you remember how Mark says,
"I'm Mark Morris."
저는 모리스 마크입니다. (Jeoneun moriseu makeuimnida.)
"I'm Mark Morris."
저는 모리스 마크입니다.
First is 저, meaning "I." 저 . 저.
This is the humble word for "I."
Next is 는, the topic-marking particle. 는 . 는.
It marks "I" as the topic of the sentence. Think of it like "as for" in the expression "as for me…."
Together, it's 저는. "As for me...." 저는.
Note there are two versions of the topic-marking particle.
는 follows words that end in a vowel.
은 follows words that end in a consonant.
Next is Mark Morris's name. Notice the name order.
First is Mark's family name, 모리스, Morris. 모리스 . 모리스, followed by his first name, 마크, Mark, 마크 . 마크.
Together, it's 모리스 마크, "Morris Mark." 모리스 마크.
In Korean, the order is family name first followed by given names.
Min-gyu Mun also uses this name order when he says,
문민규 (munmingyu).
Family name, Mun, followed by given name, Mingyu.
Last is 입니다. Here, it's like the "am" in "I am." 입-니-다- . 입니다.
입니다 is the formal form of the verb, 이다, meaning "to be." 이다.
All together, it's 저는 모리스 마크입니다. This literally means "As for me, Morris Mark [I] am," but it translates as "I'm Mark Morris." 저는 모리스 마크입니다.
The pattern is
저는 {NAME}입니다.
"I'm {NAME}."
저는 {NAME}입니다.
To use this pattern, simply replace the {NAME} placeholder with your name.
Imagine you're Karen Morris, 카렌 모리스. 카-렌 모-리-스 . 카렌 모리스.
Say
"I'm Karen Morris."
Use Korean name order: family name first followed by given name.
Ready?
저는 모리스 카렌입니다. (Jeo-neun mo-ri-seu ka-ren-im-ni-da.)
"I'm Karen Morris."
저는 모리스 카렌입니다.
Note there are two forms of the topic-marking particle.
는 follows words that end in a vowel.
은 follows words that end in a consonant.
Let's look at some examples.
Vowels: in the dialogue, 는 follows 저, as 저 ends in a vowel. 저는, "As for me…" 저는
Consonants: in the case of words that end in consonants like 오늘 (o-neul), meaning today, 은 follows. 오늘은 (o-neur-eun), "As for today…" 오늘은 (o-neur-eun).

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