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Simple Korean Sentence I

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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You just want to learn how to construct a simple sentence right? This is one of the first things I wanted to do after I figured out the basic pronunciation of the Korean alphabet and memorized a few nouns. I didn’t want anything complex. I wanted the equivalent of an English sentence in the simple present or present continuous -something like, “I’m eating lunch.”, “I’m going home.”, or “This is good.”  Here’s the answer. The examples below are grammatically correct, but if you form your own you should know that there are exceptions to this rule (Yes, It’s a language after all). In my opinion, at this stage, it’s not important. You just want to say a sentence all by yourself, and for the Korean to respond with a o네{yes}!

  • [SUBJECT] + [OBJECT ] + [VERB/ADJECTIVE].
  1. English: I’m going home.
    Korean: [나는] + []+ [가요].
    Literal translation: [I] + [home+to] + [go].
    Transliteration: [na|neun]+[ ji|bae]|[ka|yo].
  2. English: This is good.
    Korean: [이거]+ [좋아요].
    Literal translation: [This thing]+[is good].
    Transliteration: [i|geo] +[jo|a|yo].
  3. English: I’m eating lunch.
    Korean: [나는]+[ 점심을]+ [먹어요].
    Literal translation: [I]+[lunch]+[eat].
    Transliteration: [na|neun]+[ jeom|sheem|eul]+[meo|geo|yo].