Want to ask some korean word

[ratnamaliak1783]

What is the meaning of bwa, 'ingabwa', 'hanabwa', 'ingayo'.Also 'geol' in 'ttaemune in geol', why this word must be put in the end?

[trutherous]

Welcome to the forum. In the future it would be better if you could use the Hangul (Korean writing) instead of the romanized pronunciations.

What is the meaning of bwa, 'ingabwa', 'hanabwa', 'ingayo'.Also 'geol' in 'ttaemune in geol', why this word must be put in the end?

1. What is the meaning of bwa (봐) - to see/look; therefore it also conveys the meaning 'can be seen' so "appears to be"

2. 'ingabwa' typical pattern is noun +ingabwa (인가봐) - it appears to be, it seems like

3. 'hanabwa' typical pattern is verb +hanabwa (하나봐) - appears to do, seems to do

4. 'ingayo' (인가요) interrogative verb ending meaning 'is/are it/he/she/they?'

5a. Also 'geol' in 'ttaemune in geol' - 걸 -an affirmative statement verb ending that acknowledges a degree of surprise that a a thing is a certain way ~~ttaemune in geol (~~때문인걸) "oh wow, that's the reason" -- more info

5b. why this word must be put in the end? - because that is how grammar works in Korean, the main verb comes last

hope that helps

[ratnamaliak1783]

감사합니다

어제 밤 핸드폰에 타이프했어요

제핸드폰은 한글키패드를 있어요.

[trutherous]

아 그렇군요. 우아 한국말을 잘 하시는가봐요.

[julialim]

우와~~ 한국어 잘 하시는데요?!!

조지 님 감사해요!! 항상~~


5b. why this word must be put in the end? - because that is how grammar works in Korean, the main verb comes last

-> 네 맞아요. 덧붙여 말하면, 동사를 도와주는 "조동사"라고 보시면 될 듯 해요. 동사 자체로 표현하는데는 한계가 있잖아요. 저런 조동사들이 동사의 의미를 넓혀주는 것이죠...

[timandyou]

Hello everyone...
What a great question from ratnamaliak1783 and wonderful answers by George!
그리고 줄리아님은... 또 여기에... 자꾸 보이네요...ㅋㅋㅋ
at this point, I have nothing much to say or to add on...
Thank you all~~~
best,

Tim