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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Lyn: And I'm Lyn. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Korean Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 1. Talking About Your Profession |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for talking about your profession. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, |
| Eric: "I am a student." |
| Lyn: 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| Lyn: [slow] 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| Eric: The pattern for talking about your profession has 2 elements. First, a noun, "student." |
| Lyn: 학생 (haksaeng). |
| Eric: Second, a postposition meaning “is, am, are.” |
| Lyn: 입니다 (imnida). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have.. "I am a student." |
| Lyn: 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) [slow] 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) [normal] 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| Eric: You can omit the pronoun if it is obvious who you are referring to. When you use this phrase, don’t worry about verb conjugation. The postposition... |
| Lyn: 입니다 (imnida) |
| Eric: can be used with any subjects to mean either "I am," "He is”, or “We are.” |
| Lyn: 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| Eric: So remember when you talk about your profession, simply say - the profession plus the postposition. |
| Lyn: 입니다 (imnida). |
| Eric: Here is another example meaning, "I am a lawyer." First, a noun, "lawyer." |
| Lyn: 변호사 (byeonhosa). |
| Eric: Second, a postposition meaning “is, am, are.” |
| Lyn: 입니다 (imnida). |
| Eric: Altogether we have.. |
| Lyn: 변호사입니다. (byeonhosaimnida.) [slow] 변호사입니다. (byeonhosaimnida.) [normal] 변호사입니다. (byeonhosaimnida.) |
| Eric: "I am a lawyer." |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 변호사입니다. (byeonhosaimnida.) |
| Eric: How do you say "I am a teacher"? To give you a hint, "teacher" in Korean is.. |
| Lyn: 선생님 (seonsaengnim). [slow] 선생님 (seonsaengnim). [normal] 선생님 (seonsaengnim). |
| Eric: “I am a teacher.” |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 선생님입니다 (seonsaengnimimnida) [slow] 선생님입니다 (seonsaengnimimnida) [normal] 선생님입니다 (seonsaengnimimnida) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 선생님입니다 (seonsaengnimimnida) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Korean. Here we go. |
| Eric: "I am a student." |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| Eric: "I am a lawyer." |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 변호사입니다. (byeonhosaimnida.) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 변호사입니다. (byeonhosaimnida.) |
| Eric: "I am a teacher." |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 선생님입니다 (seonsaengnimimnida.) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 선생님입니다 (seonsaengnimimnida.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for talking about your profession, as in.. |
| Lyn: 학생입니다. (haksaengimnida.) |
| Eric: meaning "I am a student." |
| Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on KoreanClass101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Lyn: 그럼 다음 시간에 만나요! (Geureom daeum sigane mannayo!). |
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