In today’s lesson we’ll go over how to ask someone a few simple questions.

Vocabulary

• 네 ( yes )
• 아니오 (no)
• 도 (too, also)
• 회사원 (office worker)

Grammar Focus

• The Formal Interrogative – -ㅂ/습니까?
  • This construction is used to ask a question in a formal level of politeness. It attaches to verbs as a final sentence ending. -ㅂ/습니까 (-m/seumnikka) can be attached to any verb to form a present tense question with that verb. This conjugation is in the formal politeness level and is used for very formal situations.

Formulating Yes-or-No Questions

• The formal interrogative sentence ending is -ㅂ/습니까? (m/seumnikka?) and attaches to the end of verbs.
  • “Noun 1는(은) Noun 2입니다.” This sentence structure is using the formal present conjugation of the copula.
  • “Noun 1는(은) Noun 2입니까?” Replacing “다” (da) of “입니다” (imnida) with “까” (kka), changes the statement into a question:

The Augmentative Particle -도 

• -도 (-do) is a particle used to indicate that something that has previously been stated also holds true for the item currently under discussion. It corresponds with the English words “also” or “too.”
  • Noun + 도 = Noun, too.
    • 저는 학생입니다. (jeo-neun hakseng-imnida) (I am a student.)
    • 저 도 학생입니다. (jeo-do hakseng-imnida) (I am also a student.)