- 004 - Unfortunately this series will come to an end soon as it is very time consuming :(
New Nouns: 책 book noun 펜 pen noun 잡지 magazine noun 사과 apple noun 바나나 banana noun 고양이 cat noun 개 dog noun 차 car noun 버스 bus noun 친구 friend noun New verbs: 이다 to be, to exist 아니다 to not be, to not exist New phrases: 뭐예요? What is it? 몰라요. I don't know. 4-1. Creating simple sentences with 이다 이다, depending on the context, can mean: "it is", "this is", "they are", "these are", "I am", "you are", "he is", "she is", and "we are". It's always placed at the end of a sentence. The most polite form of 이다 is: 입니다 (pronounced like 임니다) Wheneverㅂ is the 받침 followed by ㄴ the ㅂ sound changes to ㅁ structure [noun]입니다. (no space after the noun) It’s a [noun]. 책입니다. - It's a book. 펜입니다. - It's a pen. Among friends it's more common to change 입니다 to 이에요 which is the 요 form conjugation of 입니다. The 요 form is still considered polite, so if you accidentally use it with someone you don't know it isn't a problem. Notice that the sentences above each have objects where the final sound is a consonant. In this case you will always use 이에요. However, if the final sound is a vowel, 이에요 can't be used. Instead, you MUST use 예요. 차예요. - It's a car NOTE: It doesn't matter if the final sound is a vowel or consonant when using입니다. Either way you will use 입니다. 4-2. Making questions with 이다 The way you create a question is different, depending on which version of 이다 you use. If you use the 요 form (이에요) then you simply add a question mark and make it sound like a question. structure [noun]이에요? (no space after the noun) Is it a [noun]? Remember that 이다 is neutral In English we use a lot of pronouns like "he", "she", etc. in our sentences. Korean also has pronouns that will be taught in lesson 7, but pronouns are typically not expressed directly. The context of the conversation decides if 이다 means "it is", "he is", "she is", etc. resource: KoreanFromZero
