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Learn 8  More on Grammar -hamnida and -jiman In Korean, it is possible to add polite endings to verbs, for example,  shillye hamnida  (excuse me), which is comprised of the verb stem  shille ha- , and the verb ending  hamnida  (note this is the formal style).  There is also the verb and stem,  shillye-jiman  (I'm sorry but....) which is a abbreviation of the verb and stem shillye ha-jiman  , containing the ending  -jiman  which means  but . Asking a person In Korean, there is a special verb which may be used in the event where you want to ask someone if they are someone.....for example "Are you Mr Han". We would use  -iseyo , and simply add this to the end of a phrase. Han songsaengnim-iseyo? ( Are you Mr Han?) Hangungmal songsaengnim-iseyo? (Are you the Korean Teacher?) Subjects and topics of Korean sentences In Korean, we attach  -i  to the end of nouns which end with consonants, or attach  -ga  to the end of nouns which end in a vowel. By doing this, it is

Lesson 1 Hangul Alphabet System Vowels : - ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ "a" "ya" "eo" "yeo" "o" ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ "yo" "oo" or "u" "yoo" or "yu" "eu" "i" Consonants : - ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ "g" or "k" "n" "d" or "t" " r " or " l " "m" ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ "b" or "p" "s" - " ch " " ch' " ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ " g' " or " k' " " d' " " p' " " h " Note that "  '  " means the letter is aspirated, i.e a sharp sound. ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ = 한 han h a n ㄱ + ㅜ + ㄱ = 국 guk g u k 한국 pronounced HanGuk meaning Korea Lesson 2  Double Vowels   ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅘ ㅙ ㅝ