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; Anhyeonghaseyo: This literally Means are you well or Are you in Peace.
; Jebal: Is a sort of begging please. Korean People dont really use please, as in can you please
pass the salt. Its not that Korean please arent polite. They just have a different way of expressing it,
such as in using the polite form, Example: ;MulJuseyo: Lit: Give me water (in Polite Speech).
The ; seyo: makes it more like Please give me water.

Sentence Structure

In Korean the Sentence structure is, Subject-Object-Verb (I Water Drink), Subject-Adjective (I Smart)
Every Korean sentence must end in either a verb (drink, walk, or play) or an adjective (Smart, Creative,
and Delicious).

Sentence Structure: particles

In Korean most words in a sentence have a particle. These particles indicate the role of each Word in a
sentence.
Particles like /. goes after the subject of the sentence, when the subject ends in a vowel. goes
after a subject of a sentence, when the subject ends in a consonant.
Use of : /
Use of : /

Particle /: goes after the object of a sentence, when the subject ends in a vowel. goes after
an object, when the object of the sentence ends in a consonant.

Use of ; /
Use of ; /


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Particle

The Particle use after the time and/or location indicated in a sentence.

Example: 2 . I drank water at 2pm. 1 .
Example: 4 .See you at home at 4 oclock.
Example: .I came home in the morning.

Particle

The Particle means to be . I am a man/ she is a girl/ that is a pencil.
can mean (is, are, am) in a sentence, depending on the subject of the sentence. is
not an adjective, but It can act like one.

Lets look at some examples of the use of .
/ I am a man. In this sentence becomes because I am using
formal speech, as I will be for most of my examples.
/ I am a woman.
/ this is a pencil.
/ I am an American.








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Use of //

To say that we can say ,but for this we can only say . Use when you are referring
to something/someone that is near you or the listener. You can use for when you are
referring to someone/something that you or your listener cannot see or touch, because it is too
far away.

Example: ./ This thing is a pen.
./ This Person is a teacher.
./ That Person is a doctor.
. / That thing is a book.
. /Like that woman.
./ That woman is pretty.
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