Learn Basic Korean (Part 2)
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...