Level 1 Lesson 23 / Who? / 누구? Toggle Panel
Level 1 Lesson 23 / Who? / 누구?
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안녕하세요! In this lesson, we are having a look at the word 누구 [nu-gu], which means “who” or “whom”, and how it is changed when used with the subject marking particle 가 [ga]. Listen in to find out how it changes and also to look at some useful sample sentences using the word 누구. If you have any questions, please feel free, as always, to leave us a comment! 감사합니다.
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Discussion( leave a comment )
when I’m asking who’s there(present tense) why I have to say nu-gu sseoyo (nu-gu a sseo yo) it’s just in past tense right?
when I’m asking who’s there (present tense) why I have to say nu gu sseo-yo(nu-gu eo sseo yo) eo sseo yo ->it’s just in past tense?
When I want to say “who’s there?” in Korean, I would say 누가 왔어요? [nu-ga wa-sseo-yo]. Because when I recognize some is there (ex, home, office..), they are already arrived there, so that is the reason why I say it in past tense.
오늘 누가 아았 어 요?
Nuga-mol-eun-sarang? Is that right?
Hm… I am sorry. I can’t get it. What did you mean?
Do you mean by Who is that stranger? What Isabelle wrote is 누구 몰은 사람? By the way isabelle, its Saram instead of Sarang. Or do you mean Love which is Sarang?
if i were saying “i-geo nu-ga meogeo-sseoyo?” — “Who ate this?” Would it be correct? if so, nu-gu has to change to nu-ga to be emphasized as the subject (because it’s doing an action), but as it’s the subject, shouldn’t it be in the front? What are the subject and objects in this phrase?
Thankyou!!!
i-geo nu-ga meogeo-sseoyo? 이거 누가 먹었어요?
You did it perfectly! 잘 했어요!
누가 is used when you are emphasizing ‘who’ as the subject of an action or state, and the object of this sentence is 이거.
이거 누가 먹었어요? / 누가 이거 먹었어요?
Actually both sentences sound natural. :)
hey i want to download your mp3 files so i can here the lessons wherever i am, but i dont know how to download it…?
Just right click on the mp3 button and choose “save as”. :)
이거 누가 썼어요?
“Who wrote this?”
Is this acceptable?
이거 누가 썼어요 ?
“Who wrote this?”
Is this acceptable?
It’s correct! Good job!
1. 누가 노래했어요?
2.이 사람 누구예요?
3. 사과 누가 먹었어요?
4. 누가 요리 안 했어요?
Sorry if this is too many sentences.
감사합니다!! ^^
1.누가 노래했어요?
2.누가 요리 안 했어요?
3.사과 누가 먹었어요?
감사합니다 ^^
이거 구가 요리했어요? 맛있어요!
Is this correct? :)
감사합니다!
이거 구가 요리했어요? > 이거 누가 요리했어요?
Thanks for your comment.
Is this right?
누가 노래했어요?
이거 누가 샀어요?
누가 이사했어요?
이거 누가 요리했어요?
아침 누가 왔어요?
누가 동의해요?
누가 마이클 기억해요?
감사합니다!
와! 잘 썼어요. 제가 조금 고쳐 드릴게요.
아침 누가 왔어요? > 아침에 누가 왔어요?
누가 마이클 기억해요? > 누가 마이클을 기억해요?
If i want to say “who is the one we are waiting for?” Can i write as 누구는 기다려요?
감사합니다!!
If i want to say that “Who is the one we are waiting for?” can i write as 누구는 기다려어요?
감사합니다!
Hi Alesxandre,
You can say “누구를 기다리는 거예요?” or “누구를 기다려요?”.
누가사랑예요?
Is it corect ?
it was supose to mean “Who is your love?”
Hi Arnaud,
It will be “누가 당신의 사랑이에요”, if I tranlate it directly. However, it sounds unnatural.
We rather say “누가 (당신의) 여자친구예요? who is your girl friend?”.
hello
please correct me :(
ji geum nu ga TTMIK san-sang-nim deul wa sseo yo ?
i’m trying to say :
who came now from TTMIK teachers ?
( oto ka ??)
thanks
저거 노래를 누가 노랬어요? (Who sung that song?)
Is this correct? :)
Hi Mineko,
You can say “저 노래를 누가 불렀어요? “. :)
nuga Gilda ieyo?
If you want to say “who is tall?” in English, then you can say “누가 키가 커요? [nu-ga ki-ga keo-yo]“.
I really love Korean and I am learning a lot with you, you are very good teachers, but I want to know something; How can I write hanguel? Is there some program that I can buy to write hanguel from my computer? I hope you understand me because I don’t speak much english. Thanks for the lessons. 감사합니다.
I almost forgot to say thank you for helping me to learn Korean and improve my English.
I really love Korean and I am learning a lot with you, you are very good teachers, but I want to know something; How can I write hanguel? Is there some program that I can buy to write hanguel from my computer? I hope you understand me because I don’t speak much english. Thanks for the lessons. 감사합니다.
I almost forgot to say thank you for helping me to learn Korean and improve my English.
If you go to the START menu, there should be a button that says “Control Panel.” Go here…
Then find “Regional and Language Options” (for me, it is a picture of a globe… Like a classroom type of globe…) This will bring up another window.
I think there will be two tabs–”Regional Options” and “Languages.” Click on Languages then go to “Details…”
From there you can select “Add…” to add a language (Go to Korean). You can also remove languages from here and such.
Please note that the Korean keyboard layout is different from a Western/American layout…
ㅂ = q
ㅃ = shift + q
ㅈ = w
ㅉ = shift + w
ㄷ = e
ㄸ = shift + e
ㄱ = r
ㄲ = shift + r
ㅅ = t
ㅆ = shift + t
ㅛ = y
ㅕ = u
ㅑ = i
ㅐ = o
ㅒ = shift + o
ㅔ = p
ㅖ = shift + p
ㅁ = a
ㄴ = s
ㅇ = d
ㄹ = f
ㅎ = g
ㅗ = h
ㅓ = j
ㅏ = k
ㅣ = l
ㅋ = z
ㅌ = x
ㅊ = c
ㅍ = v
ㅠ = b
ㅜ = n
ㅡ = m
nu-ga ttea-ri-esseoyo?
who hits you? is that right?
누가 때렸어요 [nu-ga tte-ryeo-sseo-yo].
okay, i’ll try to do the homework! since i don’t have a korean keyboard, i will do it in romanization:
keu-geo nu-ga meok-geo-sseo-yo? = who ate it?
does the sentence begin with keu-geo or nu-ga? i’m really unsure about how to build up sentences.. :(
jeong-mal kam-sa-hap-ni-da!
i love your lessons, even though i’m really slow at learning languages. i will do my best! :D
okay, it looks like my comment disappeared. i’ll try writing it again.
keu-geo nu-ga meogeo-sseo-yo? = who ate that?
how do you say “it” as in “who ate it?”
thank you so much for your lessons! i usually find studying boring, but when it’s with you guys, it’s actually really funny! :D
그거 is rather translated as “it” and 저거 is translated as “that”.
For 그거 누가 먹었어요, the meaning is close to “who ate it?”.
who ate that? = 저거 누가 먹었어요?
i-mul nu-ga ma-sis-oyo ? = who drink this water ?
is that right ? :)
이물 누가 마셨어요? i-mul-nu-ga-ma-syeo-sseo-yo? Not ma-sis…
이 물 누가 마셔요? [i mul nu-ga ma-syeo-yo]
It was close. :)
This is not a question from lesson but something im really curious about.
Is it really not necesary to use pronouns? couse so far ive only seen ” I ” (저) and i think it would be confusing when talking about someone you dont see or you dont know his name :S
But anyways thanks for the lessons, they are really helpful :)
그거 누가 샀어요?
누가 공부했어요?
누가 소녀시대예요?
Please correct me ^^!!!
Correct! :)
저우유는 누가 마셨어요?
is my sentence correct? :)
and i have a question regarding the example given in the lesson. ‘이거 누구예요?’ (Who is this?)
as far as i know, it is rude to point as a person as 이거.. wouldn’t it be ‘이 사람은 누구예요?’
plus, if i don’t see the meaning in the pdf, i would misunderstand 이거 누구예요? as ‘whose thing is this?’. what is ‘whose thing is this?’ in korean actually?
정말 감사합니다. ^^
저우유는 누가 마셨어요? > 저 우유는 누가 마셨어요?
As you already mentioned, it is rude to call a person as 이거, but it can be used when the speaker points a picture or statue, but people.
It will be translated as “Who it this?”.
aa..i see..
감사합니다!
안녕하세요!
이거 PDF는 누가 만들었어요?
이거 PDF는 누가 만들었어요? > 이 PDF는 누가 만들었어요.
Thanks for your comment. Hyunwoo is mainly responsible for making the PDFs.
누가 체리에요?
어제 누가 만들었어요?
how to say ‘who bought this bag?’
누가 이가방을 샀어요?
감사합니다^^
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