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| INTRODUCTION |
| Dana: Hi, everyone. I'm Dana. |
| Jaehwi: And I'm Jaehwi. |
| Dana: And welcome to Must-Know Korean Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 34 - Comparing Similar Objects. |
| Dana: In this lesson, you'll learn a sentence pattern for comparing two similar objects. |
| PATTERN |
| Dana: For example... |
| Dana: "He is as smart as his sister." |
| Jaehwi: 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| Jaehwi: [slow] 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| Dana: The pattern for comparing two similar objects has 4 elements. First, the demonstrative pronoun. In this case, it’s "that." |
| Jaehwi: 그 (geu). |
| Dana: Second, there’s the noun plus the topic marking particle… |
| Jaehwi: 는 (neun). |
| Jaehwi: 남자는 (namjaneun). |
| Dana: Third, the noun “older sister,” and the bound noun “as much as”. |
| Jaehwi: 누나만큼 (nunamankeum). |
| Dana: And last, the adjective “clever,” and the polite suffix “to do”. |
| Jaehwi: 똑똑해요 (ttokttokhaeyo). |
| Dana: All together, we have "He is as smart as his sister." |
| Jaehwi: 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) [slow] |
| 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) [normal] |
| 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| Dana: This phrase is used when you are comparing two objects. You will usually start by using a demonstrative pronoun to indicate which object something is being compared with. You will follow up with the object of comparison,usually a noun with a topic marking particle attached. Afterward, you include the second object for comparison, a noun, followed by the comparative bound noun… |
| Jaehwi: 만큼 (mankeum) “as much as” |
| Dana: then the adjective used for comparison and the sentence ending. |
| Jaehwi: 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| Dana: So remember, |
| Jaehwi: 만큼 (mankeum) |
| Dana: is used to compare two things. |
| Dana: Here is another example, meaning "This cake is as delicious as yours." First, there’s the demonstrative pronoun, "this.” |
| Jaehwi: 이 (i). |
| Dana: Second, you use the noun plus the topic marking particle… |
| Jaehwi: 는 (neun). |
| Jaehwi: 케이크는 (keikeuneun). |
| Dana: Third, there’s the pronoun “your,” the noun, and the bound noun. |
| Jaehwi: 네 것만큼 (ne geotmankeum). |
| Dana: And last, you use the adjective “delicious.” |
| Jaehwi: 맛있어 (massiseo). |
| Dana: All together, we have... |
| Jaehwi: 이 케이크는 네 것만큼 맛있어. (i keikeuneun ne geotmankeum massisseo) [slow] 이 케이크는 네 것만큼 맛있어. (i keikeuneun ne geotmankeum massisseo) [normal] 이 케이크는 네 것만큼 맛있어. (i keikeuneun ne geotmankeum massisseo) |
| Dana: "This cake is as delicious as yours." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 케이크는 네 것만큼 맛있어. (i keikeuneun ne geotmankeum massisseo) |
| Dana: How do you say "This jacket is as warm as that coat"? To give you a hint, "warm" is... |
| Jaehwi: 따뜻해요 (ttatteuthaeyo). [slow] 따뜻해요 (ttatteuthaeyo). [normal] 따뜻해요 (ttatteuthaeyo). |
| Dana: "This jacket is as warm as that coat." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 자켓은 그 코트만큼 따뜻해요. (i jakeseun geu koteumankeum ttatteuthaeyo) [slow] 이 자켓은 그 코트만큼 따뜻해요. (i jakeseun geu koteumankeum ttatteuthaeyo) [normal] 이 자켓은 그 코트만큼 따뜻해요. (i jakeseun geu koteumankeum ttatteuthaeyo) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 자켓은 그 코트만큼 따뜻해요. (i jakeseun geu koteumankeum ttatteuthaeyo) |
| REVIEW |
| Dana: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I'll tell you the English equivalent of the phrase and you say it in Korean. Here we go. |
| Dana: "He is as smart as his sister." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| Dana: "This cake is as delicious as yours." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 케이크는 네 것만큼 맛있어. (i keikeuneun ne geotmankeum massisseo) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 케이크는 네 것만큼 맛있어. (i keikeuneun ne geotmankeum massisseo) |
| Dana: "This jacket is as warm as that coat." |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 자켓은 그 코트만큼 따뜻해요. (i jakeseun geu koteumankeum ttatteuthaeyo) |
| [pause] |
| Jaehwi: 이 자켓은 그 코트만큼 따뜻해요. (i jakeseun geu koteumankeum ttatteuthaeyo) |
Outro |
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| Dana: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for comparing two similar objects, as in... |
| Jaehwi: 그 남자는 누나만큼 똑똑해요. (geu namjaneun nunamankeum ttokttokhaeyo) |
| Dana: ...meaning "He is as smart as his sister." |
| Dana: 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 at KoreanClass101.com. Thanks, everyone, and see you next time! |
| Jaehwi: 그럼 다음 시간에 만나요! (Geureom daeum sigane mannayo!). |
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| Line by Line Audio, Additional Lines |
| 4. 그녀는 여배우만큼 예뻐요. |
| 5. 그녀는 여배우만큼 안 예뻐요. |
| 6. 그녀는 여배우만큼 예뻐요? |
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