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Difference between 은/는 – 이/가

• 은/는 – 이/가 is used to work SUBJECT.
• 을/를 is worked OBJECT.

What is subject and what is object:

Andy ate oranges.
In this, Andy is the subject, ate is the verb, oranges is the object.

In Korean:
앤디가 오렌지를 먹었어요.

But what is the difference??
은/는 and when 가/이 -Emphasisze the noun before (가/이) or before, or emphasize the verb after (를/을)

Joop likes…(emphasizing that Joop likes it)
욥이 좋아합니다
Joop likes…
욥은 좋아합니다. (general)

• J: 수나 씨, 뭘 먹고 싶어요?
• S: 불고기 먹을까요?
• J: 좋아요. 이인분 시킬까요?
• S: 네, 시키세요.
• J: 아저씨, 여기요!
• W: 뭘 드겠습니까?
• J: 불고기 이인분 주세요.
• W: 네, 알겠습니다

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Today Joop and Suna are talking about money. A quick introduction on how to express money and the various numbers.

1. Money = 던
2. Korean Currency = 원
3. 100 = 백
4. 1000 = 천
5. 10000 = 만
6. 100000 = 십만

지금 몇 시예요? – what time is it now?

• 1 – 하나
• 2 – 둘
• 3 – 셋
• 4 – 넷
• 5 – 다섯
• 6 – 여섯
• 7 – 일곱
• 8 – 여덟
• 9 – 아흡
• 10 – 열
• 11 – 열 하나
• 12 – 열 둘

• 4:11 – 네시 십일분 입니다
• 10:45 – 열시 사십오분 입니다
• 3:00 – 세시 입니다
• 5:15  – 다서시 십오분 입니다
• 1:00 – 하나시 입니다

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After the previous episodes talking about grammar all the time, Joop and Suna wanted to refresh some words and thus talked about months and days, which led to an episode regarding scheduling a date. Mind you, there are many words here, try to scan them and find the ones you don’t know yet. Scroll down to the last two example sentences for the clue of this weeks episode.

1 일
2 이
3 삼
4 사
5 오
6 육
7 칠
8 팔
9 구
10 십
11 십 일
24 이 십 사

Monday 월요일
Tuesday 화요일
Wednesday 수요일
Thursday 목요일
Friday 금요일
Saturday 토요일
Sunday 일요일

year 년
Month 월
day 일

day before Yesterday 그저께
Yesterday 어제
Today 오늘
Tomorrow 내일
Day after tomorrow 모레/ 내일모레

Last week 지난 주
This week 이번 주
Next week 다음 주

Key takeaway:
Month 월
day 일

This Christmas will be on 25 december, which is a sunday.
이번 크리스마스는 십이월, 이십오일, 일요일 입니다

Next week Friday will be 11 November 2011
다음 주 금요일, 십일 월, 십일 일, 이 천 십이 년

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A quick flashback from last week’s episode:

1. I am going to eat: 먹일 거에요
2. I am going to drink: 막실 거에요
3. I am going: 갈 거에요

Then this week we add two new forms:

Intentional future:
One thing you hear a lot for future tense is 겠. (as you hear in the podcast, sounds a lot like English “get”.) This form is more of the meaning “I intend to, I’m positive it will happen, etc.”

Take the verb base. (everything before 다 in the dictionary) and replace with 겠 어요. (note that it always is 어요, never 아요) in this case.

1. I’m sure we will eat: 먹겠 어요
2. I’m sure we will drink: 마시겠 어요
3. I’m sure we will go: 아겠 어요

Past Probable
The past probable, you will use when you apply a past tense to a verb. An example could be ‘must have’ or ‘probably have’.

1. Must have eaten: 먹었일 거에요
2. Must have drank: 마셨을 거에요
3. Must have went: 갔을 거에요

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Do you know how to pronounce past, present and future tense in Korean? It’s easy, listen to this episode and it will be clear to you. As you know, we covered the past in our last episode (remember?) so this week we add present and future tense.

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How to say, “I ate”? We learned how to express verbs in last weeks episode, so now we’ll continue with time. In todays episode, Nahyun and Joop will cover the past tense. The present and future tense will follow next weeks.
Examples:

• I ate: 먹다 
먹 + 어 – 먹어 
먹어 + ㅆ – 먹었 
먹었 + 어요 = 먹었어요.
• I drank: 마시다 
마시 + 어 – 마셔 
마셔 + ㅆ – 마셨 
마셨 + 어요 = 마셨어요
• I went: 가다 
가 + 아 – 가 
가 + ㅆ – 갔 
갔 + 어요 = 갔어요

We all hear Koreans say ‘ida’ a lot’ We also hear a lot of ‘heyo’s’. Also, how to speak politely?
Today, Nahyun and Joop dive into the grammar behind these questions, in a special, extra long episode. Enjoy the show!

PART I: MID POLITE: When to use IDA, OYO, AYO and HEYO

1: 어요 – apply whenㅓ and ㅜ in the stam
주다 (To give) -> 주 + -어요 -> (주어요) -> 줘요
먹다 (to eat) -> 먹 + -어요  -> 먹어요
읽다 (to read) -> 읽 + -어요 -> 읽어요

2: 아요 – apply when ㅏ and ㅗ in the stam
작다 (small) -> 작 + -아요 -> 작아요
오다 (come) -> 오 + -아요 -> (오아요) → 와요

3: 해요 Easy one: Everything with 하다 … -use 여요 instead of -아요
일하다 (work) -> 일해요 
공부하다 (study) -> 공부해요
착하다 (kind) ->  착해요

PART 2: High polite; When to use SEYO
If the stem ends without a patch’im, use -세요;
If the stem ends with a patch’im, use -으세요.

가다   (go) -> 가 + 세요 -> 가세요
웃다  to laugh -> 웃 + 으세요 -> 웃으세요
안녕하다 (hello) -> 안녕하 + 세요 -> 안녕하세요
괜찮다 (are you ok?) -> 괜찮 + 으세요 -> 괜찮으세요

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Koreans are very proud of their kitchen. Did you ever eat Korean food? Which food did you like? Listen to this episode and find out how to talk about Korean food. So next time you meet a Korean, you’ll know what to say!

1. 수나: 욥 씨, 한국 음식을 좋아하세요?
2. 욥: 네, 한국 음식을 좋아해요.
3. 수니: 무슨 음식을 좋아하세요?
4. 욥: 냉면을 좋아해요.

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Weekly Korean episode 41. How do you say happy birthday? And what do you say when you receive something? Find out in this episode of weekly korean.

1. S: 누구세요?
2. J: 지훈에요.
3. S: 잠깐만요.
4. J: 생일 축하해요. 이 꽃 받으세요.
5. S: 고마워요.

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How would you say: Do you have time for me tomorrow? You can ask this question to ask another one; want to hang out? Go to a bar or cafe? Of meet me at my house. Today, Joop and Suna will discuss how to ask for some time together.

1. S: 지훈 씨, 내일 시간 있습니까?
2. J: 네, 내일 시간 있습니다. 왜요?
3. S: 우리 집에 오세요. 내일이 제 생일입니다.
4. J: 수나씨 집이 어디입니까?
5. S: 경희대학교 병원 옆에 있습니다.

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