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Particles

When we want to talk about additive qualities and/or descriptions about the same subject, 또한 is 

used.

For example

•다윗은 양치기였다 = David was a shepherd.

•다윗은 또한 왕이었다 = David was also a king.

The two sentences above both describe a certain thing about the same subject, 다윗, and 또한 refers

to the rest of the sentence rather than the subject. 또한 왕이었다 describes a fact that David "was 

also a king." Therefore David was both a shepherd and king.

또한 is used to give an additive quality or description about the same subject.

Here is one more example,

•제니는 대학생이다 = Jenny is a college (university) student

•제니는 또한 음악 선생님이다 = Jenny is also a music teacher

Jenny is both a college student and music teacher.

Note: In spoken Korean, 또 is usually used instead of 또한.

•제니는 대학생이야 = Jenny is a college (university) student

•제니는 또 음악 선생님이야 = Jenny is also a music teacher

24Object Particle - 를 / 을

The object particle, 를/을, is attached to an object which the verb describes.

Here are example sentences:

•나는 라면을 먹었다 = I ate noodles [Literally, noodles 을 ate]

•책을 읽었다 = read a book

•콜라를 마셨다 = drank coke

•TV 를 봤다 = watched TV

•옷을 입었다 = wore clothes

•집을 지었다 = built a house

•케잌을 만들었다 = made a cake

나 = I

라면 = noodles

먹다 = eat

책 = a book

읽다 = read

콜라 = coke

마시다 = drink

보다 = see, watch

옷 = clothes

입다 = wear

집 = house

짓다 = build

케잌 = a cake

만들다 = make

The usage difference between 를 and 을 is that 를 is used for nouns without a final consonant, and 

을 for nouns with a final consonant for the pronunciation's sake.

•사진을 찍었다 = took a photo

•나무를 심었다 = planted a tree

•빵을 샀다 = bought some bread

•차를 팔았다 = sold a car

•강을 건넜다 = crossed a river

•다리를 지났다 = passed a bridge

•숙제를 했다 = did homework