I hear and read a lot of defeatist nonsense about how much of a Goliath the Korean language is. Today I’m going set the record straight on Korean. UPDATE: If you need something to help you learn Korean then Rocket Korean and 90 Day Korean are the two most comprehensive I’ve used.

This entry was posted in Korean and tagged grammar, korean, sentences by The Junkie. If you REALLY want to learn to Korean with effective lessons by real teachers – Sign up for free at KoreanClass101 (click here) and start learning! I highly recommend this for Korean learners. Your next assignment: Start making Korean sentences by yourself. Once you have these structures in mind, you’ll be able to start creating your own Korean sentences… which essentially what you want to do next. So these are the 4 most common and basic Korean sentences you’ll hear, read and write.

나는 – Naneun – I (See? Neun, the topic marker is back because we’re talking about me.).

나는 물을 마신다 – Naneun Muleul Masinda – I drink water. Just start thinking in the following fashion…. Remember, English is SVO, but with Korean, we usually end sentences with a verb or a verb copula. This is the most common pattern of all – the SOV – pattern. 유나는 정말 예쁘다 – Yunaneun jeongmal yeppeuda – Yuna is very beautiful. Notice there is no verb ending here? Here’s a very important rule to know: Korean sentences must end with a verb (verb copula) or adjective. 그는 정말 멍청해. geuneun jeongmal meongcheong hae – He is very stupid.

는 – Neun – (topic marker and points to Yuna, because we’re taking about her).

“What’s Bob doing around this time? Bob sleeps.” So, let’s look at the example below. Sometimes you just want to say you’re doing an action and context isn’t necessary. 이다 – ida – verb copula and often translated as “to be”.It’s the ending – ida – which is often used and translated as the verb “to be,” but mostly it’s an affirmative copula (a copula is a word that links the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective, and may or may not be a verb, but is translated as “to be.”) While this structure is marked as S+ N, there is an arguable verb in there. For your reference, remember the abbreviations. I’ll explain the top 4 basic Korean sentence structures and word orders below. The Korean language, though, follows different structures and word orders. SVO: Subject + Verb + Object I + am + Kimchi If you’re an English speaker, you know that English’s basic sentence structure and word order is…. So, you learned a few Korean words and phrases…īut, how do you make sentences in Korean? People speak in sentences.

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