A - Object particle -를 / -을

This particle follows the object. "를" is used after syllables ending with a vowel, and "을" after syllables ending with a consonant.

Examples:

저는	문학을	공부해요.
I + t.p.	literature + o.p.	study
I study literature.

 

존는	책을	읽어요.
John + t.p.	book + o.p.	read
John reads (a) book.

 

이현애는	사과를	먹어요.
Lee Hyeon-ae + t.p.	apple + o.p.	eat
Lee Hyeon-ae eats (an) apple.

 

B - Introduction to locative particle -에

The locative particle "-에" is tricky to use. This is why we will only study one of its many uses for now: -에 가다, which means "to go to..." a given place.

Exemples :

학교에	가요.
school + l.p.	go
To go to school.

 

존는	도서관에	가요.
John + t.p.	library + l.p.	go
John goes to the library.

 

C - How to express "and", "with" in Korean -와 / -과

There is a way to express prepositions "and", "with" in Korean, using the proposition "-와/-과", which works as a particle. "와" is used after open syllables, and "과" after closed syllables. The adverb "같이", which means "together" can be added to clarify the meaning of the sentence.

Examples:

개와 고양이.

Dog and cat.

 

김태호는	존와 같이	도서관에	가요.
Kim Taeho + t.p.	John with | together	library + l.p.	go
Kim Taeho goes to the library (together) with John.

 

D - Interrogative pronoun 무엇

The interrogative pronoun "무엇" means "what". It can also be contracted to become "뭐". In the case of "무엇 + 을", that is to say the interrogative pronoun followed by the object particle, it can be contracted to "뭘".

Examples:

이현애는 무엇을 해요?

What does Lee Hyeon-ae do?

 

사과를 먹어요.

(She) eats (an) apple.

 

Text 1

 

John: Hello. I am John.

Lee Hyeon-ae: Hello. I am Lee Hyeon-ae. Pleased to meet you.

John: Pleased to meet you.

Lee Hyeon-ae: John is (are you) a student?

John: Yes, (I am) a student of the College of Oriental Languages.

Lee Hyeon-ae : I am a student of Seoul National University.
(I) study literature.

 

Text 2

 

John: Hello, Kim Tae-ho.

Kim Tae-ho: Hello, John. Where are you going?

John: (I) am going to the library. What are you doing?

Kim Tae-ho: I am studying too. Then I will go with you.

 

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