Learn the key pattern to give an opinion about the weather
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| Let's take a closer look at the conversation. Do you remember how Karen says, |
| "It's hot today, right?" |
| 오늘 덥죠? (O-neul deop-jyo?) |
| First is 오늘(o-neul), "today." 오늘 오늘. |
| Next is 덥죠(deop-jyo). "Hot, right?" 덥죠(deop-jyo). |
| This starts with 덥(deop) the stem of the adjective 덥다(deop-da), "hot." 덥다. |
| Attached to 덥 (deop) is 죠(-jyo), which translates as "right," as in "hot, right?" in this context. 죠(-jyo) |
| Together, 덥죠? Hot, right? 덥죠? |
| Note, -죠(-jyo) is the contracted form of 지(ji), the confirmation particle, and 요(yo), the polite sentence ending particle. -죠(-jyo) |
| Think of -죠(-jyo) and -지요(-jiyo) like the sentence ending "...right?" in English, as in "It's hot, right?" |
| Both -죠(-jyo) and -지요(-jiyo) are used in Korean to reconfirm information, suggest an answer, and build consensus among the speakers about a known topic, among other uses. |
| All together, it's 오늘 덥죠? (O-neul deop-jyo?). Literally, "Today hot, right?" |
| but translates as "It's hot today, right?" |
| 오늘 덥죠? (O-neul deop-jyo?) |
| Note the rising intonation indicates the speaker is requesting or soliciting confirmation of something known to the speaker and listener. |
| Karen is expecting her neighbor to respond after she says, 오늘 덥죠? (O-neul deop-jyo?) |
| By using this pattern, it's expected that the other person will express agreement. It's an exercise in consensus building that will begin many of your daily encounters in Korea. |
| Let's take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how the neighbor says, |
| "Yes, that's right." |
| 네, 그렇네요. (Ne, geu-reon-ne-yo.) |
| First is 네, (Ne) "Yes." 네, (Ne). 네, (Ne). |
| Next is the phrase 그렇네요.(geu-reon-ne-yo) "That's right." 그렇네요.(geu-reon-ne-yo.) |
| It's used in confirmation or agreement, and it translates to "That's right," in this context. |
| For now, please remember this as a set phrase. |
| Altogether, 네, 그렇네요.(Ne, geu-reon-ne-yo.) "Yes, that's right." |
| 네, 그렇네요. (Ne, geu-reon-ne-yo.) |
| The pattern is |
| 오늘 (O-neul) {weather description}죠? (-jyo?) |
| "It's {weather description} today, right?" |
| 오늘 (O-neul) {weather description}죠? (-jyo?) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn words and phrases related to the weather. |
| Imagine you want to say, "Cold, right?" 춥죠? ( chup-jyo) 춥죠? ( chup-jyo). 춥죠? ( chup-jyo) |
| 춥죠 is a form of the adjective 춥다 (chup-da). "Cold," as in cold weather. 춥다. |
| Say |
| "It's cold today, right?" |
| Ready? |
| 오늘 춥죠? (O-neul chup-jyo?) |
| "It's cold today, right?" |
| 오늘 춥죠? (O-neul chup-jyo?) |
| Pronunciation note regarding 죠 ( jyo). |
| In Korean, when ㅎ (h) is followed by ㄱ(g), ㄷ(d), ㅂ(b) or ㅈ(j), the sound changes to the harder counterpart: ㅋ(k), ㅌ(t), ㅍ (p) and ㅊ(ch), respectively. |
| As 죠 (jyo) begins with ㅈ(j), it represents one of these cases. Therefore, when 죠 (jyo) is preceded by ㅎ (h), the sound shifts to 쵸 (chyo). |
| ㅎ(h) plus ㅈ (j) equals ㅊ(ch) |
| For example, |
| 좋죠 jo-chyo, "nice, right?" 좋죠 |
| 좋 has ㅎ(h), so when ㅈ(j) follows, the sound changes to ㅊ(ch) as in 조쵸 (jo-chyo). |
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