Level 1 Lesson 24 / Why? How? / 왜? 어떻게? Toggle Panel
Level 1 Lesson 24 / Why? How? / 왜? 어떻게?
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안녕하세요 여러분! In this lesson, we are going to have a look at the interrogatives “why” “how” and also how to say things like “how much” “how fast” “how quickly” and so on. You can also review how to say “what” “who” and “where” in this lesson. Be sure to try making your own sample expressions and share them with us in the comment box! And if you have any other questions, please feel free to ask! Thank you! 감사합니다.
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Hi, I was wondering why some words like 떻 in 어떻게 have ‘ㅎ’ at the end but we don’t pronounce them ?
Thank you ! :)
At the end of a word or before a consonant, all Korean consonants are pronounced without releasing air and as a result, the sound changes.
When the last consonant “ㅎ” is followed by “ㄱ”, the pronouciation of the last consonant is disappeared and the “ㄱ” sound becomes like ” ㅋ”
If you wanted to ask “Why didn’t you come today/yesterday/etc?” Would you put the “today” “yesterday” “tomorrow” at the beginning of the sentence like this: 오늘/왜안왔어요? and is a subject/topic marking particle needed in a sentence like this or in a sentence like 어제왜전화했어요?
Funny lesson, it is really a pleasure to learn with you and it motivates a lot to learn with you :) thank you so much for your efforts!
We really begin to make sentences. ^^
Humm,how do you say..
‘How fast can you come?’
If I say it like this 얼마나 빨리 와수 있어요?
Is that right?
or, do you say it like
얼마나 빨리 올수 있어요?
Hi Ayda,
You can say “얼마나 빨리 올 수 있어요?”.
Thanks for your comment.
You are really so funny Hyunwoo ssi & Kyung eun ssi :))
..i will try my very best to learn hangul ..because i want to meet you up very soon if we have a time .. ^^
..i hope so ..kAmsahamnida!
How would I say, “Why are you so mean to me?” or “Why do you keep teasing me?”
Why are you so mean to me? > 저한테 왜 그렇게 나쁘게 굴어요?
Why do you keep teasing me? > 왜 저한테 계속 장난을 치세요?
So 얼마 is for money and 얼마나 for everything else…?
Hi!
There must be something wrong, everytime i try to play the mp3 it says “File not found”.
Same applies to downloading the mp3 and pdf files, since they just won’t load.
Can you fix that please? :)
It also happened to me when my connection was slow.
오늘은,왜 엄마 요리안해요? (Why mom is not cooking today?)
어떻게 그카페가 가요? (How to go to that café?)
이 케익이얼마예요? (How much is this cake?)
얼마나 자수 실은 청수해요? (How often do you clean your room?)
please correct me :)
감사합니다.
오늘은,왜 엄마 요리안해요? > 오늘은 왜 엄마가 요리 안 해요? or 오늘은 왜 어머니께서 요리 안 하세요?
어떻게 그카페가 가요? > 어떻게 그 카페에 가요?
이 케익이얼마예요? > 이 케익이 얼마예요? (spacing)
얼마나 자수 실은 청수해요?> 방은 얼마나 자주 청소해요?
너무 감사합니다 성생님. seems like i have much trouble with marker..i shoud practice more.. ^^;
seok jin ssi, why is it ” 오늘은 왜 어머니께서 요리 안 하세요? “?
Why isn’t it” an hesoyo”? and what is ” 니께서” in “어머니께서”?
thank you
하세요 is the formal version of 해요 and the -께서 is the formal version of -가, subject marking particle.
어머니 is the formal version of 엄마 which means mother in English.
Thanks for your comment.
안녕하세요!!
Thank you for this great lesson, like always! 감사합니다!
석진씨 감사합니다 for your video about the confusing pronounciation, it was very funny and useful ;)
where is the video? in Seok jin ssi’s youtube account?
May I ask, in one of the previous lessons, where are you is eodi e isseoyo. I heard eodi yeyo in the clip. What is the difference? Which should I use? :( also, where were you.. Is it eodi e isseo seo yo?
The sentences you wrote are 어디에 있어요 and 어디예요. Actually they both make sense and mean same.
If the subject is inanimate object, then it will be no problem to use both.
컵 어디에 있어요? (O)
컵 어디예요? (O)
사무실 어디에 있어요? (O)
사무실 어디예요? (O)
However it will be unnatural, if you use an animate object as a subject.
석진이 어디에 있어요. (O)
석진이 어디예요? (unnatural)
안녕하세요! thank you for this great lesson,as always :)
저거 얼마나 작아요?How small is that?
안 작아요.It’s not small.
이거는 작아요.This is small.
컴퓨터 어떻게 고졌어요?How did you fixed the computer?
왜 정소 안 해요?why don’t you clean?
이 비디오 얼마예요?How much is this video?
왜 안 샀어요?Why didn’t you bought it?
이거 누가 만들었어요?Who made this?
커피를 얼마나 자주 마셔요?(i’m not sure if is the right particle).How much often do you drink coffee?
저 사람은 누가 초대했어요?Who invited that person?
얼 마 나 자 주 와 요?
gamsahapnida/kamsahamnida!
hi :) i’m having a hard time constructing sentences.
i’m confused.
*Why do you conjugate adjectives (big,heavy) to make it in present/past tense?
and also *how come that 무겁다 became 무거워요 when you conjugated it?
pls help :)
어떻게 & 얼마나 both mean How.
now I’m bit confused when to use 어떻게 / 얼마나 ..
Is it 어떻게 used before Nouns only? and 얼마나 used before Adjectives?
Hey :)
I may be looking into too much details but what is the main difference between i-e-yo/ye-yo from i-sseo-yo?
Cheers!
You guys are now officially my two favorite people in the world! Thank you so much for all of your help!
- 한국어 공부를 얼마나 좋아해요?
- 많이 좋아해요!
thank you so much for your lessons!!!
i have a question about the word palli… it means fast am i right?? what if im asking somebody to be fast should i tell her “palli palli!” or should i say “palhae!”??
~~kamsahamnida ^-^
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