안녕하세요. ^^ In this lesson, we are looking at the object marking particles. As we mentioned a few times through our previous lessons, there are different types of particles in Korean, and these particles (subject marking particles, topic marking particles, location marking particles, and so on) are what make it easy to understand Korean sentences, even when the word order changes.
If you have any questions, please feel free, as always, to leave us a comment! 감사합니다.
You can download a free PDF for this lesson here, or if you want to study with our TalkToMeInKorean textbooks, you can get them here. And after you learn the basics, try writing your own Korean sentences and get corrections from native speakers through HaruKorean, our 1:1 correction service.
very insightful; hope there will be level 3,4,5,etc. take care
Great job! I can understand very well!
I’m really freaking out whenever I read smth smth marking particles..It’s difficult for me to get used to them..I hope this won’t be a long term problem for me
Oh I totally understand you! It happens to me too!
When I read something “… Marking particle” I get scared!!!
I hope we get used to this, because this is totally new to all of us!
I though that I was the only one who freak out with this marking particles -.-’
Same here, I’m having a little problem with those marking particles. Every time I see that, I kinda get nervous with those stuff. And I just hope one day we will be able to understand them.
P.S.
Whenever I master a language, I forget almost everything I experienced when I was studying that language. Do you have that feeling too? ^ _ ^
thanks for this audio
I love talk to me in Korean! It really helps me study Korean. It keeps you involved in the discussion, perfect for those of us who have a hard time focusing.
aww..,i really really love to learn Korean but why does it gets more difficult by the minute…=(=(=(
…these particles are killing me!ugh!how can these veeeery short words make life really difficult?!=((
I’ve seen the apple/apology thing in an episode of Boys Over Flowers. Kekeke. I love you guys.
안넹하세요.
물고기를 일주일에 몇번 먹어요 ?
I watched a K-drama where the protagonist gave a 사과 to a girl in order to apologise!
안녕핫세요!!
I’m a little bit confuse with all the marking particles but I still practicing so hard, with so much effort
So I made some sentences for practice:
1. 지간까지를 오늘 잤어요?
Until what time did you sleep?
I don’t know if it is ok if I use -까지 with 를 :S
2. 책을 이가방 있어요?
Do you have a book in this bag?
3. 케익을 사라 생일 만들었어요?
Did you made Sara’s birthday cake?
4. 차를 어제는 집 없어요
I didn’t have tea in my house yesterday.
I did use here another marking particle, I hope it’s good used (:
5. 내일을 진구 생일 재미 있어요!!
We are going to have fun on our friend’s birthday!!
Please correct me if I’m not right (:
Thank you again for made this website (: I’m really grateful!
소주를 이주일에 몇번 마시니?
I think I understand it now. If you think about it this way: EUL/REUL is used when you want to link the object and the verb. In other words WHO OR WHAT IS RECIEVING THE ACTION OF THE VERB.
For example: “the apple is thrown”, WHAT is thrown? The APPLE (OBJECT), whats the action? THROWN(ACTION). Hence the Apple is the reciever.
Hope this is correct and helps.
I’m still quite confused about these particles, but let me try what i understood. I will use the word 커피.
커피를, i can predict that someone will say something like drink, throw, or buy.
커피가, is followed by words like hot, 맛없어요, or sweet.
커피는, if it will be compared to other nouns or things. It can also be used to bring another topic.
Is my understanding right? 감사합니다
Yes, you can think of it this way
I’m still quite confused about these particles, but let me try what i understood. I will use the word 커피.
커피를, i can predict that someone will say something like drink, throw, or buy.
커피가, is followed by words like hot, 맛없어요, or sweet.
커피는, if it will be compared to other nouns or things. It can also be used to bring another topic.
Is my understanding right? 감사합니다!
Hi thank you for your lesson
I can undrestand well but I have a question : when do we
use nu-ga & when do we use nu-gu?
could you answer my question please?????
thank you very much
As I’ve known, “nuku” is the original word, which is used as an OBJECT: “Nuku sseyo? = That is WHO?”, while “nuka=nuku+ka” is a SUBJECT: “Nuka haessoyo? = WHO did that?”
That’s it! Simple as it should be, just because we haven’t practised them well enough.
I tried forming some sentences in Korean, but I’m not sure if they make much sense.
Jeo reul weh malhaeyo? Neol eul mal-an-hae-seo-yo.
Why are you talking to me? I wasn’t talking to you.
byeollo gong-eui-an-hae-seo-yo.
I didn’t really put in that much effort.
Please correct any mistakes I made:)
I tried forming some sentences in Korean, but I’m not sure if they make much sense.
Jeo reul weh malhaeyo? Neol eul mal-an-hae-seo-yo.
Why are you talking to me? I wasn’t talking to you.
byeollo gong-ui-an-hae-seo-yo.
I didn’t really put in that much effort.
Please correct any mistakes I’ve made:)
안녕하세요!
I would like to ask a few questions about the word 반작반작. I’m really curious about the meaning. I heard it on TV and they would usually say it when they are advertising a toy or something else. 도와주세요…
감사함니다 선셍님들!
Hello ^^ Thank you for the lesson.
I have a question about the pronunciation 봐요. I thought it was BWAYO (with some emphasis on W) but when pronounced quickly seems Payo. So I wonder if I can talk Payo?
Once again thank you so much, I’m afraid of marking particles but this was easy to understand. You guys are awesome. ^^
At 2:35, 최경은 says something like “으훔”, meaning “네”, “ok”, in agreement with 선현우. In portuguese we say “aham”, that have the same sound. I found it really interesting! Maybe “aham” is a universal expression.
I’m having a little trouble figuring out when to use topic marking particles as opposed to subject marking particles. What exactly is the difference? I know they’ve given examples, but I’m struggling :/
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haha! gary from leessang did the 사과 joke in one of the runningman episode
안녕하세요. I’ve been listening to the level 1 lessons for a while and just moved up to level 2. I’ve recently purchased some books to study more and supplement what I’m hearing with your podcasts. I love listening to your lessons!
I’m also studying taekwondo. In our class we have a motto “We can do it! Let’s do it!”
Would this be the correct way to write:
그것 우리가 하요! 그것 하자!
This is my first attempt at making a sentence in 한국어.
감사합니가.
식당에 커피를 마시고 갈거예요?
Is this one correct?
텔레비전 봐요 지않아요. 재미없어요. ㅋㅋㅋ
understand?
Everyone is struggling with the particles as me… They are hard but only in this lesson I got some more of what are they used for. Once Korean is a Subject-Object-Verb language, they are very necessary.
English is an SVO, as well as my mother language that is Brazilian Portuguese.
What I got about the particles so far is (correct me if I’m wrong, please):
Talking about the apple, as mentioned in this lesson:
1- if apple is the OBJECT of the sentence, I use 사구ㅏ를 (I’m going to throw the apple – sagwaREUL deonji geoeyo – 사구ㅏ를 던지 거에요;
2- if apple is the SUBJECT of my sentence, I say 사구ㅏ가 – The apple is good for health;
3- if apple is just the topic of my sentence, the main subject of it, or if I mention it for the first time, I say 사구ㅏ는 (An apple is bigger than a strawberry – sagwaNUN ddalgiboda keoyo. 사구ㅏ는 딸기보다 커요. )
I would like to know if I wrote right the sentences Kyeong Eun ssi said about the apple and if my thoughts about the use of the particles are correct. Please, help me
Super super thanks for everything! I’m so glad to learn Korean! It is being really great for me!
Just a tip for you:
when you see that the hangul doesn’t “mix” well, like this case (as you may know it is impossible to have just ㅏ in korean, as it should be at least 아) try to double check whether you got or not the right spelling of the word (사과, not 사구ㅏ). It goes both ways to help you towards a better understanding.
Thank you, Ahn. I was with ‘sagWa’ in my mind, that’s what I wrote wrong, when the correct is ‘ sagOa’. I’ll check it often from now on so I can learn the right written form for the word.
Cheers
If I have sentence like ” I like this this and that”. Do I have to use 을 or 를 for all of the this and thats?
i mean…
Like this
저는 이거, 이거하거 그거 좋아해요
or
저는 이거를, 이거를하거 그거를 좋아해요?
This lesson is so hood for me….thanks for uploading such the good lessin……..^^