Level 1 Lesson 18 / Location-marking Particles / 에/에서Level 1 Lesson 18 / Location-marking Particles / 에/에서
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Welcome back to another addition of TTMIK Korean lesson! In Korean, as you already know, there are some ‘particles’ which are used to mark the roles of some nouns, and so far, we have learned about subject marking particles (이 [i] and 가 [ga]) and topic marking particles (은 [eun] and 는 [neun]). In this lesson, we are going to have a look at location marking particles, 에 [e] and 에서 [e-seo], and also how to say WHERE in Korean. Please feel free to ask any questions you have in the comment box! Thank you!
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Discussion( leave a comment )
How would you say “I want to come to Korea but, it’s going to take some time or it’s going to be a while”? Thank you(:
I want to come to Korea but, it’s going to take some time
> 한국에 가고 싶어요, 하지만 시간이 좀 걸릴 거예요.
If I wanted to say “I went to the store”, would it be: 저는 가게에 갔아요…? 가게에 sounds really awkward, is there a more common word that is used for “store”?
Is “저는 가게에 갔아요” correct? 가게에 sounds very awkward but it was the word I learned for “store.” Is there a more commonly used word for store?
저는 가게에 갔아요 > 저는 가게에 갔어요. It was very close.
Actually, 가게 is quite commonly used for store. :(
학생들은 학고에서 공부해요. “The students are studying at school.” (The action studying is happening at the school right now.)
다음주 줄리는 부산에 갈겠어요. “Next week, Julie will go to Busan.”
학고 > 학교
다음주 줄리는 부산에 갈겠어요. > 다음 주 줄리는 부산에 갈 거예요.
Although you did several small mistakes, you did good job!
캐나다에서 와요
= ‘I come from Canada’ ? Does it make sense? :)
thank you for all these lessons, I plan on going to Seoul (+ maybe Busan / Jeju) with my friend in 2 years so I’m practicing right now :D
If you already arrived here, you should say “캐나다에서 왔어요”. Yeah, it is past tense.
지금에 집에서 한국어 공부해요! ^^ 맞아요?
It was quite close!!! You should say “지금은 집에서 한국어 공부해요!”.
i’ve made my sentences.. :D
학교에서 친구를 마나요.
지금 집에서 청소해요.
are they correct???
Hi Soodeh,
학교에서 친구를 마나요. > 학교에 친구가 많아요?
지금 집에서 청소해요. > Correct!
Good job!
Okay so I thought of something that might sound weird, let me know what you think.
지금 어디에 있었어요? Is this correct as well, because its like you’re asking someone, where were you now? Is that correct? or does it not make sense in Korean? Because the original question is 지금 어디에 있어요? which is….where are you now? Please respond, 감사합니다 ^^
As far as I understand English, you can’t even use “now” in a sentence in a past tense. “Now” is present tense that indicates what’s happening right at the moment. You can’t say “now” when you’re talking about the past… lol does that make sense?
지금 어디에 있었어요? > 어디에 있었어요? (where were you?)
You’re right. It is unnatural to use “지금” in the past tense sentence.
어디에 있었어요? Good!
집에서 왔어요 – This alone says….I came from home, but where do I place the word early, so that the sentence may read….I came from home early today. Is it…..어늘 ____집에서 왔어요 or _____어늘 집에서 왔어요, by the way how do you say early in Korean? ^^
It is good to add it before the verb like “오늘 집에 일찍 왔어요” or you can also say “오늘 일찍 집에 왔어요”.
However “일찍 오늘 집에 왔어요” doesn’t sound natural.
지금 집에 있어요.
나는 한국에 가고 싶어요. And this winter I might go!
악 넝 하 세 요 모 두 넌 이 극 에 있 어 요
the pdf states that i am going home is chib-e ga-yo, since that it is an action, why don’t we use chib-e-seo ga-yo ? thanks for the reply !!
Kamsahapnida!
Hi Alexandre,
The action is not taking place in house as the speaker is going home.
Therefore, it doesn’t sound natural when you say “집에서 가요” for the sentence “I am going home”.
“집에서 가요” sounds like “I am going from home”.
When you add korean expressions to the lesson, could you please put the hangueul form in the pdf file? For example: It´s cold today. I hate it too.
When you add korean expressions to the podcast, could you please include the hangeul form to the pdf file? For example, how to write ” It´s cold today” or “I hate it too”?
Thank you very much!
한국에 가고싶어요!
Thanks for these lessons!
감사합니다!
언니는 집에서 일해요.
언니가 집에서 일해요.
Does it still mean the same thing if I change the
subject and topic marking particles? After 언니?
The meaning of the sentence won’t be changed. Only the nuance of the sentence will be changed by the marking particle.
언니는 집에서 일해요. This sentence has a nuance that other guys in the house maybe take a rest.
언니가 집에서 일해요. This sentence is translated as “I mean that 언니 is working in the house”.
안녕하세요
At lesson 11, you said that we can use 있어요 “I have …” “You have …” or “There is …”
Are they the same as 있어요 (“to be” and “are you”) that you use for this lesson? Can it be used for “are they”, “is that”, and “am I” as well?
감사합니다
Hi Andrew,
No, “있어요” is not used in those situations.
Are they students?
그 사람들은 학생이에요? [~이에요 is used]
Is that your favorite bag?
저게 당신이 좋아하는 가방이에요? [~이에요 is used]
Am I your friend?
제가 당신의 친구냐고요? [~이냐고요? is used].
http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/l1l6/
한국에 왔어요
could you make this sentence even clearer by adding 저 or 저는 at the beginning ?
thank you so much for this lesson
when you say 사물실 에서, do you still add the 요?
Well, when you answer some question about the location, you can add the 요 after 에서.
이 열쇠 어디에서 찾았어요? Where did you find this key?
> 사무실에서요. At the office.
Are these correct
저는 과 친구 둘 한국에 왔어요
저 사물실에서 왔어요
At first i want to thank you guys! But i got a question, i hope you can answer it.
- i wanted to ask if i-e-yo or ye-yo are used for object and i-seo-yo for people?
I think you’re talking about 이세요 which, to me, sounds more like i-se-yo. i-se-yo is a formal (more formal than just i-e-yo) way of saying a pronoun is something. And you don’t have to be formal to objects so you don’t need to use i-se-yo to refer to them. Like if you were to refer to your parents, you’d use i-se-yo because you have to respect them.
hello everyone.. annyeonghaseo! i have a question,
what’s the different of “jigeum eodiyeyo” and “jigeum eodie isseoyo”??
sorry my pc not be able to type in hangul
thank you very much :)
hello everyone.. annyeonghaseo! i have a question,
what’s the different of “jigeum eodiyeyo” and “jigeum eodie isseoyo”??
thank you very much :)
The sentences you wrote are “지금 어디예요?” and “지금 어디 있어요?”.
The meanings of them are same. They are interchangable, I think.
안녕하세요.
in lesson 5, you said that verb ‘to be’ is 이에요/예요 and in lesson 10 you said that 있어요 means i have/things exist, but in this lesson 있어요 means ‘are you’..now i’m a little bit confused….can you explain more?
감사합니다.
i think i understand it now :)
이에요/예요 is used to say ‘this is/these are’ but to say ‘are you?/i am/she is’, we have to conjugate verb ‘to be’ (있다) into present tense. putting a noun/verb/adjective in front of 있어요 will give different meaning to it..
When it comes to “are you”, the accent of 있어요 is different. The tone of the last letter “요” goes up when I use it as the expression “are you”.
어디에서 있어요? – Where are you from?
am i right?
감사합니다
지금 호주에 있어오
Guys, thanks you very much for this lesson.!
And that nonsense talk about aliens was just hilarious.!xD
Thanks you again.!
Thanks for really taking the time to help us all understand the difference between these particles :)
안냥하세요!
I 사랑헤 Talk To Me In Korean. 감사함니다! I need to build up a larger vocabulary though. This site is very helpful. I would like to be able to speak fluent korean after all the levels. (:
감사함니다!
Isn’t ‘issoyo’ also “to have”? Why are they the same?? Im confused
시내 가고 십어요 그리고 클럽 바디에! Please correct the structure of the sentence, 감사합니다!
>시내에 가고 싶어요, 그리고 클럽 파티도!
선생님 안녕하세요,
I know that the particle 에 is used to mark location but also can be for time? So if I wanted to say, “오늘(에) 도서관(에) 갔어요.” would I use 에 for both 오늘 and 도서관, or just for one of them?
Also, please correct my sentence! I wasn’t sure where 오늘 should go.
감사합니다 ^^
선생님 안녕하세요
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