In this lesson, I’ll teach you “은/는”
‘은/는’ is one of particles in Korean, and it’s one of the Mose difficult ones to learn.
But I’ll teach it to you so you can understand “은/는” perfectly.
“은/는” is confusing because there’s only a semantic difference between “이/가” and “은/는”, not a grammatical difference, “이/가” , which I’ll be teaching in next lesson.
I’ll post a lesson comparing them.
So Let’s learn Korean grammar “은/는”
Basic Korean words to use in lesson
| Word | Pronunciation | Audio | In English |
| 여동생 | yeodongsaeng | younger sister | |
| 대학생 | daehagsaeng | College student | |
| 직장인 | jigjang-in | Office worker | |
| 나라 | nala | Country | |
| 미국 | mogul | USA | |
| 가수 | gasu | Singer | |
| 직업 | jig-eob | Job |
Meaning of ‘은/는’
“은/는” is Topic Markers, indicating the topic of the sentence, what the sentence is about.
“은/는” is used after a noun to indicate that the noun is the subject of the sentence.
For example, there is a sentence “저는 미국 사람이에요.” (I’m American).
“는” is used after “저”, which means “I”, and it is talking about me, and I’m American.
Form of ‘은/는’
“은” is used when a noun ends with a consonant(받침).
-> 제 여동생은 대학생이에요. (My sister is a college student.)
“는” is used when a noun ends with a vowel.
-> 저는 직장인이에요. (I’m an office worker.)
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Practice of ‘은/는’
| 어느 나라에서 오셨어요? (where are you from?) | |
| 저는 미국에서 왔어요. (I’m from USA) |
| 직업이 뭐예요? (What do you for a living?) | |
| 저는 가수예요. (I’m a singer) |
| 몇 살이에요? (How old are you?) | |
| 저는 20살이에요. (I’m 20 years old) |
In this article, you learned “은/는”. “은/는” is confusing Korean learners because of “이/가”.
So I’ll teach you “이/가” next lesson.
Thank you for reading my article. See you soon!.
