Korean Grammar for beginners ❤

이다 / 입니다 / 이에요 / 이야

If you're wondering how to make a sentence with:

 I AM / YOU ARE / HE SHE IT IS /  WE ARE  / THEY ARE here you are!

In Korean there's only one way to express all of these and that's with simple 이다 (이야/이에요-예요 /입니다). 

Don't get confused - all of the four expressions I've stated, mean the same thing ! As if you probably already know, Korean has 4 honorific levels.

이다 - the verb is in  infinitive form - by using this you can make the sentence sound formal ,but a little bit unnatural if used in a conversation

입니다 - high politeness level

이에요 - 예요  = formal (to people older than you )

if the word ends with consonant e.g. 학생 (ends with ㅇ ) we use  이에요

if the word ends with vowel e.g. 모자 (ends just with 자) we use 예요

이야 - informal (use to close friends or those younger than you)

if the word ends with consonant e.g. 학생 (ends with ㅇ ) we use 이야

if the word ends with vowel e.g. 모자 (ends just with 자) we use 야

USE:

제 이름은 (name)   입니다/  내 이름은 (name)  이에요 / 나는 (name) 이야

= My name is (name).    

저는 (age)  살입니다 / 나는 (age) 살이에요 / 나는 (age) 살이야

= I am (age) years old.

저는 (country name)사람입니다 / 나는 (country name)사람이에요 / 나는 (country name) 사람이야 

= I am (nationality).  - e.g. I am Chinese.

저는 학생입니다 / 나는 학생이에요 / 나는 학생이야

= I am a student.

그것은 내 모자입니다 / 그것은 내 모자예요 / 그것은 내 모자야

= That is my hat.

VOCABULARY LEARNT:

이름 - name

사람 - person

학생 - student

모자 - hat

그것 - that

이것 - this

살 -  years of age

농담 - joke