Learn how to use the sentence pattern "Who ?"
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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 11. Asking About a Person. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for asking about a person. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, |
| Eric: "Who is the new manager?" |
| Lyn: 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| Lyn: [slow] 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: The pattern for asking about a person has 4 elements. First, a noun phrase, "new manager.” |
| Lyn: 새 매니저 (sae maenijeo). |
| Eric: Second, a subject marking particle. |
| Lyn: 가 (ga). |
| Eric: Third, a pronoun, "who." |
| Lyn: 누구 (nugu). |
| Eric: And last, a copula. |
| Lyn: 예요 (yeyo). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have.. "Who is the new manager?" |
| Lyn: 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) [slow] 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) [normal] 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: When you use this pattern, make sure to use one of the subject marking particles. In Korean, there are two. |
| Lyn: 이 (i) and 가 (ga) |
| Eric: You can pick one of them depending on the noun. Next, to form your sentence in the question form, the pronoun "who" should be followed by the copula |
| Lyn: 이에요 (ieyo) or 예요 (yeyo) |
| Eric: Once again, the full sentence is... |
| Lyn: 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: So remember that you should end your sentence with… |
| Lyn: 누구예요 (nuguyeyo)? |
| Eric: to ask about someone. |
| Eric: Here is another example meaning, "Who is the person over there?" First, a noun phrase "the person over there." |
| Lyn: 저 사람 (jeo saram). |
| Eric: Second, a subject marking particle. |
| Lyn: 이 (i). |
| Eric: Third, a pronoun, "who." |
| Lyn: 누구 (nugu). |
| Eric: And last, a copula. |
| Lyn: 예요 (yeyo). |
| Eric: Altogether we have.. |
| Lyn: 저 사람이 누구예요? (jeo sarami nuguyeyo?) [slow] 저 사람이 누구예요? (jeo sarami nuguyeyo?) [normal] 저 사람이 누구예요? (jeo sarami nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: "Who is the person over there?" |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 저 사람이 누구예요? (jeo sarami nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: How do you say - "Who is that man?" To give you a hint, "that man" in Korean is.. |
| Lyn: 그 남자 (geu namja). [slow] 그 남자 (geu namja). [normal] 그 남자 (geu namja). |
| Eric: “Who is that man?” |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 그 남자가 누구예요? (geu namjaga nuguyeyo?) [slow] 그 남자가 누구예요? (geu namjaga nuguyeyo?) [normal] 그 남자가 누구예요? (geu namjaga nuguyeyo?) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 그 남자가 누구예요? (geu namjaga nuguyeyo?) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Korean. Here we go. |
| Eric: "Who is the new manager?" |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: "Who is the person over there?" |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 저 사람이 누구예요? (jeo sarami nuguyeyo?) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 저 사람이 누구예요? (jeo sarami nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: "Who is that man?" |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 그 남자가 누구예요? (geu namjaga nuguyeyo?) |
| [pause] |
| Lyn: 그 남자가 누구예요? (geu namjaga nuguyeyo?) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for asking about a person, as in.. |
| Lyn: 새 매니저가 누구예요? (sae maenijeoga nuguyeyo?) |
| Eric: meaning "Who is the new manager?" |
| 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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