Possesion with Particle 의 [ui].

it really is his.. 정말

Possession with Particle 의 [ui].

You know how we use 's in english to refer possession of something.. well this usage is quite similar to particle 의 [ui] in hangul.

There are 3 different ways to make a possesive construction:-
a) NOUN의 NOUN
For example
크리스의 선생 {chris's teacher}

b) NOUN NOUN
For example
선생님 와인 {teacher's wine}

c) NOUN[squeeze!] NOUN

In (c) case, the first alphabet of the 2nd NOUN will be 'squeeze' or doubled in pronounciation.
This will only apply to ㅂ, ㄷ, ㅈ, ㄱ and ㅅ.

For example :-
선생님 것 [껏 in pronounciation].

Korean sentences do not usually ends with possesive phrases.
For example
That whiskey is the teacher's.

그것은 선생님의 위스키예요.
[geugeos-eun seonsaengnim-ui wiseuki-yeyo]
This literally means : that thing is the teacher's whiskey.

or it can be

그 위스키는 선생님의 것이에요.
[geu wiseuki-neun seonsaengnim-ui geos-ieyo].
still with the same meaning.
but this one literally means : that whiskey is the teacher's thing.

Other examples....
1. Is this house Yongjin's?
이 집은 영진씨(의) 집이에요?
[i jib-eun Yongjin-ssi(ui) Jib-ieyo?]
이 = this.
집 = house.

2. whose newspaper is that? It's mine.
저 신문이 누구(의) 신문이에요? 제 신문이에요.
[Jeo sinmun-i nugu-ui sinmun-ieyo? Je sinmun-ieyo.]
저= that.
신문 = newspaper. With subject particle 이. Read 'subject particle' entries to learn more about it.
누구 = whose/who
제 = mine.

3. whose cigarrettes are those? They're mine.
저 담배가 어느 분(의) 것이에요? 제 것이에요.
[Jeo dambae-ga eonue bun(ui) geot-ieyo? Je geot-ieyo.]
담배 = cigarrettes.
어느 분 = whose. But 어느 can also mean 'which'.분 means 'person' in a formal term.


4. whose cat is that? That cat is Mr Kim's.
저 고양이가 어느 분(의) 고양이에요? 저 고양이는 김 선생님(의) 고양이에요.
고양이 = Cat.

I'm not gonna write down the romanization for the last one.. you should be able to read hangul by now so I trust you to figure it out. ;) cheers!!

To mark contrast using topic particle.

Guess what you about to learn?..hehe TOPIC PARTICLE...again...yippie

For this entry we will continue on discussing the use of topic particle in a sentence.

Another Topic particle (은~는) function is TO MARK CONTRAST.

For example:

1. 김 선생님은 의산이에요. 그렇지만 나는 엔지니어예요.
[Kim seonsaengnim-eun uisan-ieyo. geureohjiman na-neun enjinieo-yeyo].
{Mr Kim is a doctor. But (me) I'm an engineer}.
선생님 = Mr
의산 [uisan] = doctor.
그렇지만 [geureohjiman] = But.
나[na] = me.

As you can see, the topic particle (은/는) are attached to 'Mr Kim' and 'me'. Which is
to mark the contrast between the two in this sentence.

2. 김 선생님은 한국사람이에요. 그렇지만 나는 멜레이시아사람이에요.
[Kim seonsaengnim-eun hanguk-saram-ieyo. geureohjiman na-neun Mellesia-saram-ieyo]
{Mr Kim is a Korean. But I'm a Malaysian}.

한국사람이에요 [hanguk-saram-ieyo] = 'hanguk' means 'korea'. 'saram' means 'people/person' while '-ieyo' is the copula used (read copula entry to learn more). So when combined 'hanguk-saram' means 'korean'. This is similar to 'Mellesia-saram' which means 'Malaysian' except that in hangul 'Malaysia' is sounded as 'Mellesia'.

Now you should try create your own sentences and play around with topic particle and subject particle just to get familiar with it..

One of the ways to get familiar with it, i suggest, is to watch korean variety shows without sub! enjoi

Heroes twitter updates - Nicole Jung

There are two updates that I want to translate here...
the first is..
on the 4th Oct 2010. Nicole twitted

Original Message : 영웅호걸촬영중 ! ㅋㅋㅋ 서프라이즈 ?

In English : During Heroes filming ! ke ke ke surprise?

and another is on the 6th of Oct 2010.

Original Message : 가족~맴버들 ~ 친구들~우리카밀리아~ 모두 기억해줘서 감사합니다 ! 웃으면서 자야지..^^ ㅎㅎㅎ .. ㅎ 한국처음왔을때16이였는데..ㅋㅋㅋ시간이많이지났어요그쵸?ㅋㅋ 고마워용 !! 다들 스윗드림즈에요 ~~ 매롱*뿅뿅!!

In English : Family ~ Members ~ All friends ~ our kamillia ~ Thank you ffor all the memories! I'm laughing to sleep.. ^^ he he he.. he I was 16 when I first came to Korea.. kekeke It has been awhile right? keke thanks!! Sweet dreams everyone ~~ Merong*뿅뿅!!


** you may be wondering. what is 'Merong' here? well to my shallow knowledge of the korean culture, it is a sound you make when you are playing with someone or a baby or when you kid around.. correct me if i'm wrong here..

cheers!

영웅호걸 화이팅!!!

Sentence Subject (이 ~가) & Topic (는 ~은)

In this entry we will learn about sentence subject and topic. In order to understand a sentence or to build a sentence we 1st need to understand how to use the subject particle (이 ~가) and topic particle (는 ~은).

Fist we need to keep in mind...
*when it is 1st time a subject is mentioned or when it is a new info
thus we attach 이/가 (-i/-ga) to it.

*When it is an old info or a repeated subject, thus we attach 는/은 (-neun/-eun)
to it.

For example.
A. 이것이 무엇이에요? [igeos-i mueos-ieyo?] {what's this?}
B. 그것은 우산이에요. [geugeos-eun usan-ieyo] {That's an umbrella}

이것[igeos] = the front part 이[i-] means 'this' and the other part
것 [geos/geot] means 'thing'. So when its 그것 [geugeot] it means 'that thing'
since 그[geu-] means 'that'.
무엇 = what.
우산 = umbrella.

You can create topics from any element (except verb) by pulling the element out of
place and saying it first (은~는 attached).

For example
"That student is studying Korean at school now"

A."That student은/는 is studying korean at school now."
-this sentence focus on 'What about that student'. New info is the nature of activity,
not who is doing it.

B."Now은/는 that student is studying Korean at school."
-this sentence is to mention 'what is happening NOW'.

C."At school은/는 that student is now studying korean."
-this sentence is to mention 'whats going on at school'.