Lesson 8
Korean lessons: Lesson 8
Who, What, Where?
Q: 누구 세요? Who is it? | A: 순이이에요. It's Sun-i. |
Q: 누구를 만나요? Whom are you meeting? | A: 순이를 만나요. I meet sun-i. |
Q: 무엇이에요? What is it? | A: 사과이에요. It is an apple. |
Q: 무엇을 좋아하세요? What do you like? | A: 사과를 좋아해요. I like apples. |
Q: 어디에 있어요? Where is it? | A: 서울에 있어요. It is in Seoul. |
Q: 어디에 가요? Where are you going? | A: 서울에 가요. I go to Seoul. |
누구 | who |
무엇 (often > 뭐 ) | what |
어디 | where |
These words are pronouns. They need particles to be specified for their functions, such as subject, object, adverbial, etc. Although we have not discussed it in detail, let us learn -을 and -를, object markers. -을 is used when there is a final consonant (patch'im) preceding; whereas 를 is for elsewhere. Note that 어디 (where) is also a noun (pronoun), while "where" in English is not. sub. | obj. | |
what | 무엇이 (= 뭐가 ) | 무엇을 (=뭐를) |
who | 누구가 (>누가) | 누구를 |
where | 어디가 | 어디를 |
E.g.
무엇이 어려워요? | What is difficult? |
누가 와요? | Who is coming? |
어디가 아파요? | lit. Where is hurting? (Which part of your body is hurting?) |
무엇을 배워요? | What do you learn? |
누구를 만나요? | Whom are you meeting? |
어디를 때려요? | Where do I hit? |
For similar reasons, -에 is needed after 어디 in the above dialogues. -에 is a marker that functions like the preposition ('in' or 'to') in English, though they are placed after the noun they work with.
<English> | <Korean> | |
in Seoul | = | 서울 에 (Seoul + in) |
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