~이에요/예요
We knew that Korean verb comes last, the order of the Korean sentence is subject, object, verb. 이에요/예요 comes from the verb 이다.
Korean Sentence Endings Expressing Identification 이에요/예요 are attached to nouns.
Korean Sentence Endings Expressing Identification
이에요/예요 has the same usage as English word – Is. It helps describe some equivalence between two things. The rules are the same as Korean topic marker. 이에요 directly follows words that end in a consonant (with batchim), and 예요 is used after words ending in a vowel (without batchim).
이에요 or 예요 is followed by a noun to make a declarative statement and/or an interrogative statement.
However, when changing the topic, do not leave the subject out of the first sentence. See examples below:
Ending with a vowel
• (저는) 크리스티예요 [I am Christy.] • (저는) 빌리예요 [I am Billy.] • (저는) 간호사예요 [I am a nurse.]
Ending with a consonants
• (저는) 이성민이에요 [I am Lee Sung Min.] • (저는) 경찰이에요 [I am a police.] • (저는) 일본 사람이에요 [I am Japanese.]
Do you remember that sentence structure of Korean order of questions and its answer are the same in Comparison of Korean and English? The only difference between questions and answer is questions are always end with a rising tone and declarative sentences end with a slightly falling tone. Hence, when using 이에요/예요, just raising intonation at the end without any change in word order makes the sentence into a question.
• 의사예요? [Are you a doctor?] • 한국 사람이에요? [Are you Korean?] • 경찰 이에요? [Are you a police?]
Example dialogue:
1. 가: 이게 뭐예요? 나: 열쇠예요.
2. 가: 저게 뭐예요? 나: 이불이에요.
3. 가: 이건 화장품이에요? 나: 네, 화장품이에요.
+ 열쇠 – key + 이불 – blanket; duvet + 화장품 – cosmetics; cosmetic; make-up
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Learn Korean , Learn 한굴 by Hwal-wal
Non-FictionThis book is all about learning korean personally and some of the lessons are made by me base on my studies and other is by the help of some korean links or korean vlog.
