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| INTRODUCTION |
| Seol: 안녕하세요. 윤설입니다. (Annyeonghaseyo. Yunseorimnida.) |
| Minkyong: 안녕하세요. 민경입니다. (Annyeonghaseyo. Mingyeongimnida.) |
| Keith: Keith here. Things You Did Do and Will Do. Hello and welcome back to Beginner season 3 at KoreanClass101.com where we study modern Korean in the fun, educational format. |
| Mingyong: So brush up on the Korean that you started learning long ago or start learning today. |
| Keith: Today we are talking about adnominal suffixes. |
| Mingyong: What does that even mean? |
| Keith: It basically means how to turn verbs into adjectives. |
| Mingyong: Oh I think I know what we are going to look at today. |
| Mingyong: This is quite different from English but it’s also very, very, very important in speaking fluent Korean. |
| Keith: And that’s what most of our speakers want to do. |
| Mingyong: Yeah. |
| Keith: Speak fluent Korean. |
| Mingyong: Sure. |
| Keith: So I am sure Mingyong and Seol, when you were learning English, this difference between English and Korean must have been one of the most difficult parts. In English, when you modify a noun with the verb, you usually say extra things after the noun but in Korean, you say everything before the noun. |
| Mingyong: Yeah and that’s why in Korean, we say 한국말은 끝까지 들어봐야 된다. |
| Keith: Yeah as for Korean, you have to listen all the way to the end and that’s because the verbs come at the end but also because sometimes you have to find out what noun is being talked about. So the focus of this lesson is about adnominal suffixes. |
| Mingyong: And this conversation takes place in a gym. |
| Keith: The conversation is between a member of the gym and the owner of the gym. |
| Mingyong: The relationship between the speakers is formal. Therefore, the speakers will be using polite language. |
| Keith: Okay. |
| Mingyong: 그럼 오늘의 대화 들어볼까요? |
| DIALOGUE |
| 영철: 에잇... 저 갈게요. 안녕히 계세요. |
| 사장: 어, 영철 씨. 왜 그래요? |
| 영철: 에휴... 저 여자 누구예요? |
| 사장: 누구요? |
| 영철: 저기 거울 앞에서 운동하는 여자요. 누구예요? |
| 사장: 아... 어제 일 시작한 코치예요. |
| 영철: 어제요? 어제 시작한 사람이, 왜 저렇게 시끄러워요? |
| 사장: 아... 그래요? 죄송합니다. 어, 근데 이거 뭐예요? |
| 영철: 아, 이거요? 여자친구 줄 iPod이에요. |
| 사장: 아, iPod이요? iPod이 뭐예요? |
| 영철: 한국어 공부하는 기계예요. |
| 사장: 오.....!!! |
| Mingyong: 영어로 한번 더 |
| 영철: 에잇... 저 갈게요. 안녕히 계세요. |
| Keith: Geez... I'm going home. Bye. |
| 사장: 어, 영철 씨. 왜 그래요? |
| Keith: Hey, Yeongcheol. What's wrong? |
| 영철: 에휴... 저 여자 누구예요? |
| Keith: Phew... Who's that woman over there? |
| 사장: 누구요? |
| Keith: Who do you mean? |
| 영철: 저기 거울 앞에서 운동하는 여자요. 누구예요? |
| Keith: That woman over there who's working out in front of the mirror. Who is she? |
| 사장: 아... 어제 일 시작한 코치예요. |
| Keith: Oh, she's a coach that started working yesterday. |
| 영철: 어제요? 어제 시작한 사람이, 왜 저렇게 시끄러워요? |
| Keith: Yesterday? Why is someone who started yesterday so obnoxious? |
| 사장: 아... 그래요? 죄송합니다. 어, 근데 이거 뭐예요? |
| Keith: Oh, really? I'm sorry. Hey, by the way, what is this? |
| 영철: 아, 이거요? 여자친구 줄 iPod이에요. |
| Keith: Oh, this? It's an iPod that I'm going to give to my girlfriend. |
| 사장: 아, iPod이요? iPod이 뭐예요? |
| Keith: Oh, an iPod? What’s an iPod? |
| 영철: 한국어 공부하는 기계예요. |
| Keith: It's a machine that you study Korean with. |
| 사장: 오.....!!! |
| Keith: Wow!! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Keith: I like that question 아이팟이 뭐예요?. I don’t think a lot of people in Korea have iPods. Do they? |
| Mingyong: Of course they do. |
| Keith: Well the thing is whenever I meet a Korean with a MP3 player, they always say MP3. They never say iPod and when I see what they have, they never have an iPod. Like Mingyong, you don’t have an iPod? |
| Mingyong: No. That’s probably because there are so many Korean companies who makes MP3 players right? |
| Mingyong: Yeah actually I do not have an iPod so… |
| Keith: See both of you are Korean and you don’t have an iPod. You just proved my point. |
| Mingyong: But we know what iPod is. |
| Keith: Okay. All right, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Keith: The first word we have is? |
| Mingyong: 누구 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Who |
| Mingyong: 누구 [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mingyong: 누구 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next we have? |
| Minkyong: 거울 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Mirror |
| Minkyong: 거울 [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 거울 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next? |
| Mingyong: 시끄럽다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To be noisy, to be loud |
| Mingyong: 시끄럽다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mingyong: 시끄럽다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: 그 다음에 |
| Minkyong: 주다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To give |
| Minkyong: 주다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 주다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next? |
| Mingyong: 기계 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Machine |
| Mingyong: 기계 [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Mingyong: 기계 [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Keith: All right, let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Mingyong: The first word we will look at is 시끄럽다 |
| Keith: 시끄럽다 is a irregular ㅂ verb. So it becomes |
| Mingyong: 시끄러워요 |
| Keith: For the standard politeness level and to conjugate it, we take the verb stem |
| Mingyong: 시끄러 |
| Keith: Then we take the ㅂ, the last part of the verb stem and then make it |
| Mingyong: 우 |
| Keith: And then it becomes |
| Mingyong: 워 |
| Keith: Because of 어 from the 아어여 conjugation and this word literally means loud but it’s also used to say be quiet or you are so loud. |
| Mingyong: Like Keith 시끄러워 |
| Keith: No I am not that loud. |
| Mingyong: You are loud. |
| Keith: See I am okay. Mingyong, you are on my side right? 내 편이지? |
| Mingyong: Ah… So what’s our next word? |
| Keith: See you say that so nice and….Let’s move on to our next word. All right, what do we have next? |
| Mingyong: 기계 |
| Keith: Machine. |
| Mingyong: The 기 in 기계 is used in many words and when you use it, it’s usually referring to a machine. |
| Keith: For example |
| Mingyong: Well, what are we doing now? |
| Mingyong: 녹음 |
| Keith: Recording. |
| Mingyong: And if you add 기 at the end, it becomes |
| Mingyong: 녹음기 |
| Mingyong: A recording machine. |
| Keith: A recorder that you can carry in your hand or just any type of machine that’s meant for recording. All right, let’s take a look at our grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Keith: And like we mentioned, we're going to take a look at adnominal suffixes. It's a big word, but basically, what is it, Seol? |
| Mingyong: It's -ㄴ/은 (eun), -는 (neun), -ㄹ/을 (eul) |
| Keith: That might not make a lot of sense right now, but we're going to get into it a little bit. So, these are adnominal suffixes that make a verb into an adjective. Depending on which of these suffixes is attached to the verb stem, the verb can work as an adjective expressing a state or an action of the past, the future, or the present. For instance, the past tense is... |
| 민경: -ㄴ/은 |
| Keith: And we use ㄴ for verb stems ending in vowels, and 은 for verb stems ending in consonants. |
| 민경: So if we take the verb 가다. The adnominal form is, 간. because it ends in a vowel. |
| Keith: And 간 is used to refer to someone that has went, who has gone. So you need a noun to modify after that. A sample sentence please? |
| Mingyong: You can say 간 사람. |
| Keith: A person that has gone. And in this conversation, how was it used? |
| Mingyong: 어제 일 시작한 코치예요. |
| Keith: The coach that has started working yesterday. Ok. How about the present tense? |
| Mingyong: For the present tense, we can just use 는 for all verb stems. |
| Keith: It doesn't matter if they end in consonants or vowels? |
| Mingyong: No. |
| Keith: Nice! So for example we can say? |
| Mingyong: 지금 보는 책 |
| Keith: The book I'm reading now. |
| 민경: And in this conversation 영철 said 저기 거울 앞에서 운동하는 여자요. |
| Keith: The person working out in front of the mirror. Alright. Great. And now finally, how about the future tense? |
| Mingyong: The future tense uses -ㄹ/을 |
| Keith: And a sample sentence? Or a sample phrase? |
| 민경: 할 말 |
| Keith: words I will say, or basically, things to say. |
| Keith: Those are always some scary words. |
| Mingyong: Yeah when somebody say 민경아 할 말 있어 |
| Keith: I have something to say. So basically it’s to say words. Scary. |
| Mingyong: 키스 할 말 있어! |
| Keith: Oh oh! Well for some reason, you are not that scary though. So what do you have to say yeah. |
| Mingyong: Okay, okay. |
Outro |
| Keith: All right. So that’s going to do it. See you later. |
| Mingyong: 안녕히 계세요 |
| Mingyong: 안녕히 계세요 |
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