Learn to ask questions with 어디
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| 어디에서 왔어요? |
| (eodieseo wasseoyo?) |
| This is the most common question you will hear in Korea. |
| Do you know what it means? |
| Hi, my name is Keijin. |
| In this lesson, you will learn how to ask a question using |
| 어디 |
| (eodi) |
| First, we'll go over the grammar, followed by a short dialogue with examples. |
| Then, we'll review what we learned. |
| Let's start with grammar. |
| This sentence is what our lesson will cover. |
| 마크 씨는 어디에서 왔어요? |
| (Maekeu ssineun eodieseo wasseoyo?) |
| It literally means, Mark, where did you come from? |
| In here, 씨 (ssi) is something like Mr. or Ms. in English. |
| 는 (neun) is a topping marking particle. |
| Next is |
| 어디에서 |
| (eodieseo) |
| 어디 (eodi) means where. |
| This is the main point of this lesson. |
| It's a WH question to use when asking for a place. |
| And 에서 (eseo). |
| 에서 (eseo) is a particle which is used after the nouns expressing place. |
| 에서 (eseo) is like at or from in English. |
| Here, 어디에서 (eodieseo)means from where. |
| 왔어요? |
| (wasseoyo?) |
| 왔어요 (wasseoyo) comes from the verb 오다 (oda) which means to come. |
| 왔어요 (wasseoyo) is the past tense form like came in English |
| and also an informal polite spoken form. |
| Depending on the intonation, |
| 왔어요? |
| (wasseoyo?) |
| can be used as a declarative or interrogative. |
| If you say in a rising tone like |
| 왔어요? |
| (wasseoyo?) |
| it can be used to ask a question. |
| The formation is very simple. |
| You can put |
| 은 (eun) or 는 (neun) which is a topping marking particle |
| after the [Name] of person you want to ask a question. |
| And then say |
| 어디 |
| (eodi) |
| where, |
| 에서 왔어요? |
| (eseo wasseoyo?) |
| came from altogether. |
| 마크 씨는 어디에서 왔어요? |
| (Maekeu ssineun eodieseo wasseoyo?) |
| So 마크 씨는 (Maekeu ssineun) was the example, right? |
| So 마크 씨 (Maekeu ssi) and 는 (neun). |
| Mark, where are you from? |
| 마크 씨는 어디에서 왔어요? |
| (Maekeu ssineun odieseo wasseoyo?) |
| I'll write it for you. |
| 마크 (Maekeu) is the name of person, C, honorific marking particle. |
| And |
| 마크 씨는 어디에서 왔어요? |
| (Maekeu ssineun odieseo wasseoyo?) |
| You can also omit |
| 마크 씨는 |
| (Maekeu ssineun) |
| if the topic is understood in the context. |
| When answering this question, instead of 어디 (eodi), |
| you can say your hometown, country, or specific place, and then |
| 에서 왔어요 |
| (eseo wasseoyo?) |
| not rising tone, right? |
| So to summarize, when you want to ask a place in Korean, |
| just take a regular sentence, |
| replace the place with 어디 (eodi) and say it with a rising tone. |
| This will turn it into a question. |
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